三甲基胺N-氧化物稳定RNA的三级结构,并减弱尿素的变性效应
Thomas C Gluick1, Sushma Yadav
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, P.O. Box 19065, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA. tcgluick@uta.edu
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 10, 2003
概括
三甲基胺N氧化物 (TMAO) 稳定RNA的三级结构,抵消尿素.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 像三甲基胺N氧化物 (TMAO) 和尿素这样的奥斯莫利特可以帮助细胞在极端条件下生存.
- 在鱼和鱼中发现的TMAO和尿素的摩尔比为1:2,其中TMAO抵消了尿素的蛋白质破坏作用.
- 众所周知,RNA被尿素变质.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究TMAO是否能像蛋白质一样稳定RNA的三级结构.
- 为了确定TMAO是否对抗尿素对RNA的变性效应.
主要方法:
- 研究了TMAO和尿素对大肠杆菌tRNAfmet的三级结构的影响.
- 在TMAO与尿素的不同摩尔比率下检查了结构稳定性.
主要成果:
- 发现TMAO可以稳定大肠杆菌tRNAfmet.的三级结构.
- 在蛋白质观察到的相同比率下,TMAO有效地抵消了尿素对RNA的变性效应.
- RNA三级结构的稳定性受溶剂成分的影响,而不仅仅是阴离子结合.
结论:
- TMAO稳定了RNA的三级结构,并减轻了尿素的变质影响.
- 溶剂特性在RNA三级结构稳定性中起着至关重要的作用.
- 不利的TMAO-基骨干相互作用可能会驱动RNA折叠.
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