AA.AG@helix.ends: A:A and A:G base-pairs at the ends of 16 S and 23 S rRNA helices - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 2001 Jul 20;310(4):735-53.

doi: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4807.

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Comparative Study

AA.AG@helix.ends: A:A and A:G base-pairs at the ends of 16 S and 23 S rRNA helices

T Elgavish et al. J Mol Biol. 2001.

Abstract

This study reveals that AA and AG oppositions occur frequently at the ends of helices in RNA crystal and NMR structures in the PDB database and in the 16 S and 23 S rRNA comparative structure models, with the G usually 3' to the helix for the AG oppositions. In addition, these oppositions are frequently base-paired and usually in the sheared conformation, although other conformations are present in NMR and crystal structures. These A:A and A:G base-pairs are present in a variety of structural environments, including GNRA tetraloops, E and E-like loops, interfaced between two helices that are coaxially stacked, tandem G:A base-pairs, U-turns, and adenosine platforms. Finally, given structural studies that reveal conformational rearrangements occurring in regions of the RNA with AA and AG oppositions at the ends of helices, we suggest that these conformationally unique helix extensions might be associated with functionally important structural rearrangements.

Copyright 2001 Academic Press.

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