SOME FEATURES OF RNA FOLDING STRUCTURES OF CYTOCHROME-C-OXIDASE SUBUNIT-II AND CYTOCHROME-P450

Authors
ARAKAWA E YOSHIKURA H YAMAMOTO K
Citation
E. Arakawa et al., SOME FEATURES OF RNA FOLDING STRUCTURES OF CYTOCHROME-C-OXIDASE SUBUNIT-II AND CYTOCHROME-P450, Computer applications in the biosciences, 10(1), 1994, pp. 7-9
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Methods, Biology & Medicine","Computer Sciences, Special Topics","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Biology Miscellaneous
Journal title
Computer applications in the biosciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667061
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7 - 9
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7061(1994)10:1<7:SFORFS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We have defined the folding index of the RNA secondary structure and c ompared the value of this index obtained from a given RNA molecule wit h one from the random sequences with the same A, U, G, C ratio. The mR NA of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit II and cytochrome P450 from var ious species was analyzed. We found that the mRNA of these genes were more folded than the random sequences and the coding regions of these mRNA were as equally folded as the random sequences. This result sugge sts that the coding region of these mRNA has no more important seconda ry structure than have the random sequences with the same A, U, G, C r atio.