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ArticleBiochemistry2017

Divalent Metal Ion Activation of a Guanine General Base in the Hammerhead Ribozyme: Insights from Molecular Simulations.

Haoyuan Chen, Timothy J Giese, Barbara L Golden, Darrin M York

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Article in Biochemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haoyuan ChenLaboratory for Biomolecular Simulation Research, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, and Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University , 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8076, United States.
Timothy J GieseLaboratory for Biomolecular Simulation Research, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, and Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University , 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8076, United States.
Barbara L GoldenDepartment of Biochemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.
Darrin M YorkLaboratory for Biomolecular Simulation Research, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research, and Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University , 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8076, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9193-7055
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USPurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Multi-Scale Quantum Models for Ribozyme CatalysisR01GM062248 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Darrin M York · 2001 to 2026
$7.1M
Supercomputing: Rutgers' Catalyst for Discovery at the Frontiers of MedicineS10OD012346 · OD · RBHS-NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MICHELSON, LESLIE PAUL · 2015 to 2015
$1.7M
Coupling of structure and dynamics in RNA catalysisR01GM095923 · NIGMS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI GOLDEN, BARBARA LYNN · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062248NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM095923NIH HHS S10 OD012346
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hammerhead ribozyme is a well-studied nucleolytic ribozyme that catalyzes the self-cleavage of the RNA phosphodiester backbone. Despite experimental and theoretical efforts, key questions remain about details of the mechanism with regard to the activation of the nucleophile by the putative general base guanine (G12). Straightforward interpretation of the measured activity-pH data implies the pK

Indexed as

BiocatalysisCations, DivalentGuanineMetalsMolecular Dynamics SimulationQuantum TheoryRNA, CatalyticThermodynamicsCations, DivalentGuaninehammerhead ribozymeMetalsRNA, Catalytic

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PMID28530384
PMCPMC5832362
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