Krasilnikov Andrey S, Mondragón Alfonso
RNA. 2003 Jun;9(6):640-3. doi: 10.1261/rna.2202703.
The T-loop RNA folding motif may be considered as a five-nucleotide motif composed of a U-turn flanked by a noncanonical base pair. It was recently proposed that the flanking noncanonical base pair is always a UA trans Watson-Crick/Hoogsteen base pair stacked on a Watson-Crick base pair on one side. Here we show that structural analysis of several large RNA molecules, including the recently solved crystal structure of the specificity domain of Bacillus subtilis RNase P, combined with sequence analysis, indicates a broader sequence consensus for the motif. Additionally, we show that the flanking base pair does not necessarily stack on a Watson-Crick base pair and the 3' terminus of the five-nucleotide motif is often followed by a sharp turn in the phosphate backbone rather than just a bulged base or bases.
T环RNA折叠基序可被视为一种由一个U型转弯侧翼连接一个非经典碱基对组成的五核苷酸基序。最近有人提出,侧翼非经典碱基对总是一个反式沃森-克里克/霍格斯坦UA碱基对,堆积在一侧的沃森-克里克碱基对上。在此我们表明,对几个大型RNA分子的结构分析,包括最近解析的枯草芽孢杆菌核糖核酸酶P特异性结构域的晶体结构,结合序列分析,表明该基序存在更广泛的序列共有模式。此外,我们表明侧翼碱基对不一定堆积在沃森-克里克碱基对上,并且五核苷酸基序的3'末端之后的磷酸主链往往会有一个急转弯,而不仅仅是一个或多个凸起的碱基。