The protein cofactor allows the sequence of an RNase P ribozyme to diversify by maintaining the catalytically active structure of the enzyme

RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 613-623

  Kim, Joseph J ^a   Kilani, Ahmed F ^a   Zhan, Xiaoyan ^a   Altman, Sidney ^b   Liu, Fenyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C5 protein; catalytic RNA; in vitro evolution; RNA catalysis; RNase P; tRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOZYME; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER, TYR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030995365     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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