Boehm S
FEBS Lett. 1987 Aug 17;220(2):283-7. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80830-x.
We propose a new model for the secondary structure of the M1 RNA component of E. coli RNase P which is based on significant sequence homologies with parts of the E. coli 16 S rRNA. A large domain of the new model resembles closely the secondary structure of the tRNA binding center of 16 S rRNA. We suggest that this domain of M1 RNA when functioning as a ribozyme binds the mature part of the precursor tRNA.