Modeling of a possible evolutional process from a ribozyme to a catalytic RNP.

Yoshiya Ikawa*, Kentaro Tsuda, Shigeyoshi Matsumura, Shota Atsumi, Tan Inoue

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Abstract

A model process for molecular evolution from an RNA enzyme to a catalytic RNA-protein complex (RNP) is proposed. In the model, one RNA-RNA interaction in the enzyme is replaced by an RNA-protein interaction via an intermediary state where the original RNA-RNA and newly introduced RNA-protein interaction co-exist. To test the model, a catalytic RNP was designed and examined by employing the Tetrahymena ribozyme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)119-120
Number of pages2
JournalNucleic acids research. Supplement (2001)
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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