非正規の二次構造は,三次折り畳みのエントロピーコストを削減することによって,ミトコンドリアのtRNAを安定させる

Anthony M Mustoe, Xin Liu, Paul J Lin

  • 1∥Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States.

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ミトコンドリアのtRNA (mt-tRNA) のトポロジカル制約は,失われた三次相互作用を相殺し,その構造を安定させました. これらの制約を乱す病原性突然変異はmt-tRNAを不安定化し,聴覚障害やなどの疾患と関連付けます.

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