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选择性非酶性生物常见RNA的形成发针

Long-Fei Wu^1,2, Junting Zhang³, Robert Cornwell-Arquitt⁴

¹Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

|November 21, 2024

概括

益生菌RNA结合有利于特定的序列,这表明生物学中常见的RNA结构早于达尔文进化. 循环关闭结合优选形成四环环,可能使早期的RNA功能.

科学领域:

生命的起源研究生命的起源研究
RNA 生物化学生物化学
益生菌化学益生菌化学

背景情况:

RNA构建块很容易形成,但特定序列的RNA寡合体通常是由达尔文进化论解释的.
在RNA寡合体形成中,益生菌的化学选择性仍然不太了解.
研究RNA序列和结构出现的非进化机制对于理解生命起源至关重要.

研究的目的:

为了研究RNA结合反应中的化学选择性.
为了确定特定的RNA序列和结构是否在预微生物结合过程中优先形成.
探索前生物化学在RNA功能出现中的潜在作用.

主要方法:

利用深度测序来分析随机的RNA悬浮在结合产品.
拼接结与闭环结的结果比较.
为这两种结合方法生成了全面的序列反应性概况.

主要成果:

循环关闭结合优先形成具有特定四环循环序列 (UNNG,CNNG,GNNA) 的毛结构.
切片结合产品通常是富含GC的.
有利于闭环结合的序列与常见的生物四环相重叠显著,而 splinted 结合序列显示出反向相关性.

结论:

益生菌循环关闭结合表明化学选择性有利于RNA四环结构.
这些受欢迎的结构与常见的生物四叶草相吻合,表明它们的前生物流行.
在达尔文进化之前,这种化学过程可能已经使RNA具有功能,这可能解释了早期RNA功能的出现.

关键词:

一个RNA组件组装.结构 RNA 结构 RNA 结构循环关闭的绑定.生命的起源生命的起源预微生物化学预微生物化学

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