RNA folding: beyond Watson-Crick pairs

Structure. 2000 Mar 15;8(3):R55-65. doi: 10.1016/s0969-2126(00)00112-x.

Abstract

Several crystal structures of RNA fragments, alone or in complex with a specific protein, have been recently solved. In addition, the structures of an artificial ribozyme, the leadzyme, and the cleavage product of a human pathogen ribozyme, have extended the structural diversity of ribozyme architectures. The attained set of folding rules and motifs expand the repertoire seen previously in tRNA structures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Base Pairing
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation*
  • RNA / chemistry*

Substances

  • RNA