The environment of two metal ions surrounding the splice site of a group I intron.
AUTOR(ES)
Streicher, B
RESUMO
Several divalent metal ions (Ca2+, Sr2+ and Pb2+) do not promote splicing, but instead induce cleavage at a single site in the conserved group I intron core in the absence of the guanosine cofactor at elevated pH, generating products with 5'-OH and 3'-phosphate ends. The reaction is competed by Mg2+, which does not cleave at this position, but hydrolyses the splice sites producing 3'-OH and 5'-phosphate ends. Mn2+ promotes both core cleavage and splice site hydrolysis under identical conditions, suggesting that two different metal atoms are involved, each responsible for one type of cleavage, and with different chemical and geometric requirements. Based on the core cleavage position and on the previously proposed coordination sites for Mg2+, we propose a structural location for two metal ions surrounding the splice site in the Michel-Westhof three-dimensional model of the group I intron core. The proposed location was strengthened by a first mutational analysis which supported the suggested interaction between one of the metal ions and the bulged residue in P7.
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