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Formación de Pseudoknot Semillas del Twister Ribozima Coordenadas de la reacción de escisión
Nikola Vušurović1, Roger B Altman2, Daniel S Terry2
1Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck , 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 10, 2017
Resumen
La dinámica de plegamiento del ARN Twister revela un paso crucial para su actividad catalítica. El pseudonodo central debe abrirse y cerrarse correctamente para una escisión eficiente del ARN.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular
- La bioquímica
- Biología estructural
Sus antecedentes:
- La ribozima Twister es una enzima nucleolítica que se encuentra en bacterias y eucariotas.
- Su función biológica no se comprende completamente, pero su mecanismo catalítico se caracteriza parcialmente.
- Comprender el plegamiento dinámico del ARN tornado es clave para dilucidar su función.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar los aspectos dinámicos de plegado del ARN tornado durante su reacción de escisión.
- Explorar la relación entre el plegamiento del ARN, la formación de pseudonodos y la actividad catalítica.
- Comprender las bases estructurales de la baja eficiencia de rotación de la ribozima de tornillo.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizaron técnicas de transferencia de energía por resonancia de fluorescencia a granel y de una sola molécula (smFRET).
- Se emplean construcciones de ARN de tornillo etiquetadas estratégicamente para controlar la dinámica de plegado.
- Se realizaron experimentos de smFRET de tres colores previo al estado de equilibrio iniciados por inyección de iones de magnesio (Mg2+).
Principales resultados:
- El pseudonodo central (T1) del ARN tornado exhibe una dinámica de apertura y cierre reversible a concentraciones fisiológicas de Mg2+.
- Confirmado plegamiento sin acoplamiento donde la formación de T1 precede a la estructuración del tallo P1 utilizando smFRET.
- Se ha demostrado que la orientación adecuada del sustrato y el cierre T1 son necesarios para la conformación adecuada para la escisión.
- Se observó que el fragmento 3' escindido mantiene un pliegue de pseudonodo compactado, lo que explica la escasa rotación de la ribozima.
Conclusiones:
- El plegamiento de ARN Twister es un proceso dinámico que implica la apertura y el cierre reversibles de pseudonodos.
- Las vías de plegado específicas, incluido el cierre T1 anterior a la estructuración P1, son esenciales para la competencia catalítica.
- El pliegue estable del fragmento escindido contribuye a la baja eficiencia de la ribozima twister.
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