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RNase P interface of the RNA and protein worlds
RNase P: interface of the RNA and protein worlds.
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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is an endonuclease involved in processing tRNA. It contains both RNA and protein subunits and occurs in all three domains of life: namely, Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. The RNase P RNA subunits from bacteria and some archaea are catalytically active in vitro, whereas those from eukaryotes and most archaea require protein subunits for activity. RNase P has been characterized biochemically and genetically in several systems, and detailed structural information is emerging for both RNA and protein subunits from phylogenetically diverse organisms. In vitro reconstitution of activity is providing insight into the role of proteins in the RNase P holoenzyme. Together, these findings are beginning to impart an understanding of the coevolution of the RNA and protein worlds.
Evans D, Marquez SM, Pace NR
Trends in biochemical sciences
2006-06-01 00:00
31
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333-41
Animals,Archaea,Archaeal Proteins,Bacteria,Bacterial Proteins,Eukaryotic Cells,Evolution, Molecular,Humans,Nucleic Acid Conformation,Phylogeny,Protein Structure, Tertiary,Ribonuclease P,Structural Homology, Protein,Archaeal Proteins,Bacterial Proteins,Ribonuclease P
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 347, Boulder, CO 80309-0347, USA
Trends Biochem. Sci.
0968-0004
10.1016/j.tibs.2006.04.007
S0968-0004(06)00117-4
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