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ArticleCurrent research in structural biology2026

Structural insights into RNase H catalytic mechanism from room-temperature X-ray and neutron crystallography of apo- and RNA/DNA hybrid-bound enzyme.

Oksana Gerlits, Aliyah Collins, Andrey Kovalevsky

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Oksana GerlitsDepartment of Natural Sciences, Tennessee Wesleyan University, Athens, TN, 37303, USA.
Aliyah CollinsDepartment of Natural Sciences, Tennessee Wesleyan University, Athens, TN, 37303, USA.
Andrey KovalevskyNeutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.

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Abstract

RNase H enzymes are sequence-nonspecific endonucleases that cleave RNA strands in RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes, an enzymatic process essential in DNA replication and repair in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Also, RNase H activity of the reverse transcriptase in human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) is indispensable for the viral replication cycle. RNase H enzymes play an central role in the development of gene therapies and are targets for novel antivirals. It is therefore of great importance to gain a detailed understanding of the RNase H catalytic mechanism to improve drug design. We utilized

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Enzyme mechanismsEnzyme-nucleic acid complexNeutron diffractionProtonation stateRNA/DNA hybrid duplexRNase HRoom temperature crystallography

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