The tertiary structure of group II introns: implications for biological function and evolution.
Group II introns are some of the largest ribozymes in nature, and they are a major source of information about RNA assembly and tertiary structural organization. These introns are of biological significance because they are self-splicing mobile elements that have migrated into diverse genomes and played a major role in the genomic organization and metabolism of most life forms. The tertiary structure of group II introns has been the subject of many phylogenetic, genetic, biochemical and biophysical investigations, all of which are consistent with the recent crystal structure of an intact group IIC intron from the alkaliphilic eubacterium Oceanobacillus iheyensis. The crystal structure reveals that catalytic intron domain V is enfolded within the other intronic domains through an elaborate network of diverse tertiary interactions. Within the folded core, DV adopts an activated conformation that readily binds catalytic metal ions and positions them in a manner appropriate for reaction with nucleic acid targets. The tertiary structure of the group II intron reveals new information on motifs for RNA architectural organization, mechanisms of group II intron catalysis, and the evolutionary relationships among RNA processing systems. Guided by the structure and the wealth of previous genetic and biochemical work, it is now possible to deduce the probable location of DVI and the site of additional domains that contribute to the function of the highly derived group IIB and IIA introns.
Pyle
Anna Marie
AM
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. anna.pyle@yale.edu
D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D016337:RNA, Catalytic / Q000737:chemistry*
D016337:RNA, Catalytic
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