HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME STRUCTURE - U-TURN FOR RNA STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Authors
DOUDNA JA
Citation
Ja. Doudna, HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME STRUCTURE - U-TURN FOR RNA STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, Structure, 3(8), 1995, pp. 747-750
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Cell Biology
Journal title
Structure → ACNP
ISSN journal
09692126
Volume
3
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
747 - 750
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-2126(1995)3:8<747:HRS-UF>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Two crystal structures of the hammerhead ribozyme provide the first at omic-resolution views of an RNA active site, and suggest that the cata lytic center may reside in a U-turn motif which was first seen in tRNA (Phe).