Ribozyme-mediated cleavage of a substrate analogue containing an internucleotide-bridging 5'-phosphorothioate: evidence for the single-metal model

Biochemistry
R G Kuimelis, L W McLaughlin

Abstract

An oligonucleotide substrate containing a 5'-bridging phosphorothioate linkage adjacent to a ribonucleotide has been used to investigate the cleavage mechanisms of the hammerhead ribozyme and to probe the catalytic role of the metal cofactor(s). Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that a second metal interacts with the 5'-leaving group to facilitate the cleavage event. To this end, we have examined the ribozyme-mediated cleavage activity of the phosphorothioate substrate at pH 7.5 with a series of divalent metal in both the presence and absence of the polycation spermine. The cleavage products are found to be the same as for the native sequence under a variety of reaction conditions. The influence of divalent metal ion concentration, temperature, and pH on the cleavage rate also has been examined for both the oxo linkage and the thio analogue. Spermine (but not spermidine or NaCl) is shown to support efficient cleavage of the thio analogue in the absence [5 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)] of a divalent metal cofactor. The cleavage of the oxo linkage exhibits a solvent deuterium isotope effect of 3.6, but a similar effect is not observed with the thio analogue. The pseudo-first-order rate constants for cleavage of ...Continue Reading

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