An efficient ligation reaction promoted by a Varkud Satellite ribozyme with extended 5′- and 3′-termini
AUTOR(ES)
Jones, Fatima D.
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
The Neurospora Varkud Satellite (VS) RNA is capable of promoting a reversible self-cleavage reaction important for its replication pathway. In vivo the VS RNA performs a cis-cleavage reaction to generate monomeric length transcripts that are subsequently ligated to produce circular VS RNA. The predominant form of VS RNA observed in vivo is the closed circular form, though minimal VS ribozyme self-cleavage constructs lack detectable ligation activity. MFOLD analysis of the entire VS RNA sequence revealed an extended region 5′ and 3′ of the minimal self-cleaving region that could anneal to form a complementary helix, which we have termed helix 7. In full-length VS RNA, this helix appears to span over 40 bp of sequence and brings the 5′- and 3′-ends of the RNA into proximity for the ligation reaction. Here we report a variant of the VS ribozyme with an extended 5′- and 3′-terminus capable of forming a truncated helix 7 that promotes the ligation reaction in vitro. Through mutation and selection of this RNA we have identified a ribozyme containing two point mutations in the truncated helix 7 that ligates with >70% efficiency. These results show that an additional helical element absent in current VS ribozyme constructs is likely to be important for the ligation activity of VS RNA.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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