通过3'-5' Pyrophosphate链接进行RNA脊柱裂变的前生物可信"补丁"
Tom H Wright1, Constantin Giurgiu1, Wen Zhang1
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology , Massachusetts General Hospital , 185 Cambridge Street , Boston , Massachusetts 02114 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 26, 2019
概括
RNA链的分裂并不是复制的终点. 在特定的条件下,可以复制3'-酸盐终端RNA,通过酸盐链接恢复遗传信息,这对于早期生命模型至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生命研究的起源
- 前生物化学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 对于早期生命模型来说,RNA复制至关重要.
- 对基因信息的稳定性构成挑战.
- 截断的,3-末RNA链的积累是裂变的结果.
研究的目的:
- 调查3 - 酸终结RNA是否可以参与复制.
- 在RNA复制过程中形成的酸盐连接的稳定性.
- 确定在RNA分裂后恢复遗传信息的条件.
主要方法:
- 使用激活的核酸单体进行模板导向复制反应.
- 在各种条件下对酸盐键稳定性的表征 (自由与结合,RNA双重存在).
- 作为规范性RNA聚合模板的酸结合RNA的演示.
主要成果:
- 3 - 酸盐终端RNA链可以通过激活的核酸进行模板导向复制,形成酸盐链接.
- 在自由离子的存在下,酸盐键是不稳定的,但在RNA复合体和化中相对稳定.
- 在特定条件下,酸结合RNA可以作为合成3-5酸结合RNA的模板.
结论:
- RNA链的分裂不一定会阻止复制过程.
- 非酶原料扩展和模板导向的3 - 酸盐终结RNA复制提供了挽救遗传信息的合理途径.
- 这种机制支持RNA世界假设,通过在早期生活场景中提供恢复和持续复制遗传材料的途径.
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