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ArticleNature communications2017

Pressure modulates the self-cleavage step of the hairpin ribozyme.

Caroline Schuabb, Narendra Kumar, Salome Pataraia, Dominik Marx, Roland Winter

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Caroline SchuabbPhysikalische Chemie I-Biophysikalische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, Dortmund 44227, Germany.
Narendra KumarLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44780, Germany.
Salome PataraiaPhysikalische Chemie I-Biophysikalische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, Dortmund 44227, Germany.
Dominik MarxLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44780, Germany.
Roland WinterPhysikalische Chemie I-Biophysikalische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, Dortmund 44227, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3512-6928
TU Dortmund University · DERuhr University Bochum · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of certain RNAs, denoted as ribozymes, to not only store genetic information but also catalyse chemical reactions gave support to the RNA world hypothesis as a putative step in the development of early life on Earth. This, however, might have evolved under extreme environmental conditions, including the deep sea with pressures in the kbar regime. Here we study pressure-induced effects on the self-cleavage of hairpin ribozyme by following structural changes in real-time. Our results suggest that compression of the ribozyme leads to an accelerated transesterification reaction, being the self-cleavage step, although the overall process is retarded in the high-pressure regime. The results reveal that favourable interactions between the reaction site and neighbouring nucleobases are strengthened under pressure, resulting therefore in an accelerated self-cleavage step upon compression. These results suggest that properly engineered ribozymes may also act as piezophilic biocatalysts in addition to their hitherto known properties.

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PressureBase SequenceBiocatalysisFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHydrogen BondingMolecular Docking SimulationNucleic Acid ConformationProbabilityRNA, CatalyticThermodynamicshairpin ribozymeRNA, Catalytic

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PMID28358002
PMCPMC5379106
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