Internal Bulge and Tetraloop of the Catalytic Domain 5 of a Group II Intron Ribozyme Are Flexible: Implications for Catalysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 930-944

  Eldho, Nadukkudy V ^a   Dayie, Kwaku T ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C relaxation; D5 RNA dynamics; NMR spectroscopy; rotational diffusion anisotropy; spectral density mapping

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; INTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLAIELLA LITTORALIS; SPLICEOSOME; TEMPERATURE;

PYLAIELLA LITTORALIS;

EID: 33845771847     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.037     Document Type: Article

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