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1nbs
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1nbs is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus subtilis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
RNase P is the only endonuclease responsible for processing the 5' end of transfer RNA by cleaving a precursor and leading to tRNA maturation. It contains an RNA component and a protein component and has been identified in all organisms. It was one of the first catalytic RNAs identified and the first that acts as a multiple-turnover enzyme in vivo. RNase P and the ribosome are so far the only two ribozymes known to be conserved in all kingdoms of life. The RNA component of bacterial RNase P can catalyse pre-tRNA cleavage in the absence of the RNase P protein in vitro and consists of two domains: a specificity domain and a catalytic domain. Here we report a 3.15-A resolution crystal structure of the 154-nucleotide specificity domain of Bacillus subtilis RNase P. The structure reveals the architecture of this domain, the interactions that maintain the overall fold of the molecule, a large non-helical but well-structured module that is conserved in all RNase P RNA, and the regions that are involved in interactions with the substrate.
Crystal structure of the specificity domain of ribonuclease P.,Krasilnikov AS, Yang X, Pan T, Mondragon A Nature. 2003 Feb 13;421(6924):760-4. PMID:12610630[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ Krasilnikov AS, Yang X, Pan T, Mondragon A. Crystal structure of the specificity domain of ribonuclease P. Nature. 2003 Feb 13;421(6924):760-4. PMID:12610630 doi:10.1038/nature01386
