Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
RNA. 2011 Sep;17(9):1664-77. doi: 10.1261/rna.2641911. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
The NMR solution structure is reported of a duplex, 5'GUGAAGCCCGU/3'UCACAGGAGGC, containing a 4 × 4 nucleotide internal loop from an R2 retrotransposon RNA. The loop contains three sheared purine-purine pairs and reveals a structural element found in other RNAs, which we refer to as the 3RRs motif. Optical melting measurements of the thermodynamics of the duplex indicate that the internal loop is 1.6 kcal/mol more stable at 37°C than predicted. The results identify the 3RRs motif as a common structural element that can facilitate prediction of 3D structure. Known examples include internal loops having the pairings: 5'GAA/3'AGG, 5'GAG/3'AGG, 5'GAA/3'AAG, and 5'AAG/3'AGG. The structural information is compared with predictions made with the MC-Sym program.
本文报道了来自 R2 反转录转座子 RNA 的一个 4×4 核苷酸内部环的双链体 5'GUGAAGCCCGU/3'UCACAGGAGGC 的 NMR 溶液结构。该环包含三个剪接嘌呤-嘌呤对,并揭示了在其他 RNA 中发现的结构元件,我们将其称为 3RRs 基序。双链体热力学的光学熔解测量表明,内部环在 37°C 时比预测的稳定 1.6 kcal/mol。结果表明,3RRs 基序是一个常见的结构元件,可以促进 3D 结构的预测。已知的例子包括具有配对的内部环:5'GAA/3'AGG、5'GAG/3'AGG、5'GAA/3'AAG 和 5'AAG/3'AGG。结构信息与使用 MC-Sym 程序进行的预测进行了比较。