title: A catalytic 13-mer ribozyme.
abstract: A 13-mer oligoribonucleotide can act as a ribozyme for the specific self-cleavage of a 41-mer oligoribonucleotide substrate in the presence of Mg2+. The two sequences involved correspond to the self-cleavage hammerhead structure of the virusoid of lucerne transient streak virus. The Michaelis-menten kinetic parameters for the reaction were; Km 1.3 microM, Vmax 0.012 microM min-1, kcat 0.5 min-1. The 13-mer RNA is the smallest ribozyme so far reported. A DNA analogue of the 13-mer can not substitute for the RNA in the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Jeffries
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Symons
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005399:Fishes; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012322:RNA Precursors; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal