Replacement of RNA hairpins by in vitro selected tetranucleotides

Bernhard Dichtl; Tao Pan; Anthony B. Direnzo; Olke C. Uhlenbeck

doi:10.1093/nar/21.3.531

Replacement of RNA hairpins by in vitro selected tetranucleotides

Bernhard Dichtl, Tao Pan, Anthony B. Direnzo, Olke C. Uhlenbeck^*

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An in vitro selection method based on the autolytic cleavage of yeast tRNA^Phe by Pb²⁺ was applied to obtain tRNA derivatives with the anticodon hairpin replaced by four single-stranded nucleotides. Based on the rates of the site-specific cleavage by Pb²⁺ and the presence of a specific UV-induced crosslink, certain tetranucieotide sequences allow proper folding of the rest of the tRNA molecule, wheras others do not. One such successful tetramer sequence was also used to replace the acceptor stem of yeast tRNA^Phe and the anticodon hairpin of E.coli tRNA^Phe without disrupting folding. These experiments suggest that certain tetramers may be able to replace structurally non essential hairpins in any RNA.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	531-535
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nucleic acids research
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/21.3.531
State	Published - Feb 11 1993

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