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Published on: July 8, 2019
High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance determination of transfer RNA tertiary base pairs in solution. 2. Species
Abstract:
The number of base pairs in the solution structure of several class III D3VN tRNA species from E. coli has been determined by analyzing the number of low-field (-15 to -11 ppm) proton resonances in their nuclear magnetic resonance spectra at 360 MHz. Contrary to previous reports indicating the absence of tertiary resonances, all the spectra exhibit the expected number of secondary base pair resonances plus approximately ten extra resonances derived from tertiary base pairs in the three-dimensional folding of these molecules. The possible origins of some of these tertiary resonances are discussed; none of the spectra exhibits the characteristic resonance of the 8-14 tertiary base pair seen in class I D4V5 tRNA spectra.
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