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Pseudoknot Structures in Retroviral and Bacteriophage Messenger RNA: a Family of Structurally Related RNA Pseudoknots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

D.W. Hoffman ,
Z. Du ,
J.A. Holland ,
M.R. Hansen ,
Y. Wang  and
D.P. Giedroc
D.W. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX78712
Z. Du
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX78712
J.A. Holland
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX78712
M.R. Hansen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX78712
Y. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX78712
D.P. Giedroc
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX77843
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to determine the three-dimensional structure of an RNA pseudoknot with a sequence corresponding to the 5' end region of the gene 32 messenger RNA of bacteriophage T2. NMR results show that the pseudoknot contains two coaxial A-form helical stems connected by two loops. One of the loops consists of a single nucleotide, which spans the major groove of the seven base pair helical stem 2. The second loop consists of 7 nucleotides, and spans the minor groove of stem 1. A three-dimensional model of the pseudoknot that is consistent with the NMR data will be presented, and features that are likely to be important for stabilizing the pseudoknot structure will be described.

A combination of NMR and phylogenetic methods were used to characterize the structural features of RNA pseudoknots that are associated with frameshift and readthrough sites within the retroviral gag-pro messenger RNA. The majority of the retroviral frameshift and readthrough sites were found to be followed by nucleotide sequences that have the potential to form pseudoknots with structures that are remarkably similar to that of the bacteriophage T2 gene 32 mRNA.

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Solving Microbiological Problems With Microscopy
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 3 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '97, Microscopy Society of America 55th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 31st Annual Meeting, Histochemical Society 48th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 10-14, 1997 , August 1997 , pp. 95 - 96
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1997

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