PMID: 16523696Mar 10, 2006Paper

Interaction between RNA molecules of a two-componet trans-analog of antigenomic HDV-ribozyme

Molekuliarnaia biologiia
V AlekseenkovaR Sh Bibilashvili

Abstract

Association of RNA molecules forming a two-component B:LS trans-analog of antigenomic HDV ribozyme was studied. From previously synthesized trans-ribozymes the B:LS ribozyme differs by length and sequence of its RNA molecules (33 and 34 bp, respectively), topology of functional parts and the absence of very short reaction product. The ribozyme displays a biphasic kinetics of self-cleavage similar to that of cis-ribozyme. Our original kinetic scheme for the B:LS trans-ribozyme self-cleavage (www.cardio.ru\labgen\RZ_e.html)describes a possible cause of biphasic nature of the reaction curve, namely, variation of the rate-limiting stage in the series of successive conformational transformations which coincide with the ribozyme self-cleavage. Interactions between the molecules involved in the reaction, i.e., "multimerization" of entire ribozyme and its components can be regarded as another cause of the biphasic kinetics. B:LS trans-ribozyme is a convenient model for the investigation of this process, since the binding of LS and B allows the formation of complexes with 1B:2LS or 2B:1LS stoichiometry and complexes with the cleavage products. We examined the factors determining dissociation-association of the ribozyme components using ...Continue Reading

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