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Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs

Group I self-splicing intron constitutes an important class of functional RNA molecules that can promote chemical transformation. Although the fundamental mechanism of the auto-excision from its precursor RNA has been established, convenient assay systems for its splicing activity are still useful f...

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Autores principales: Furukawa, Airi, Tanaka, Takahiro, Furuta, Hiroyuki, Matsumura, Shigeyoshi, Ikawa, Yoshiya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5192423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869660
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology5040043
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author Furukawa, Airi
Tanaka, Takahiro
Furuta, Hiroyuki
Matsumura, Shigeyoshi
Ikawa, Yoshiya
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Tanaka, Takahiro
Furuta, Hiroyuki
Matsumura, Shigeyoshi
Ikawa, Yoshiya
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description Group I self-splicing intron constitutes an important class of functional RNA molecules that can promote chemical transformation. Although the fundamental mechanism of the auto-excision from its precursor RNA has been established, convenient assay systems for its splicing activity are still useful for a further understanding of its detailed mechanism and of its application. Because some host RNA sequences, to which group I introns inserted form stable three-dimensional (3D) structures, the effects of the 3D structures of exonic elements on the splicing efficiency of group I introns are important but not a fully investigated issue. We developed an assay system for group I intron self-splicing by employing a fluorescent aptamer RNA (spinach RNA) as a model exonic sequence inserted by the Tetrahymena group I intron. We investigated self-splicing of the intron from spinach RNA, serving as a model exonic sequence with a 3D structure.
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spelling pubmed-51924232017-01-03 Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs Furukawa, Airi Tanaka, Takahiro Furuta, Hiroyuki Matsumura, Shigeyoshi Ikawa, Yoshiya Biology (Basel) Article Group I self-splicing intron constitutes an important class of functional RNA molecules that can promote chemical transformation. Although the fundamental mechanism of the auto-excision from its precursor RNA has been established, convenient assay systems for its splicing activity are still useful for a further understanding of its detailed mechanism and of its application. Because some host RNA sequences, to which group I introns inserted form stable three-dimensional (3D) structures, the effects of the 3D structures of exonic elements on the splicing efficiency of group I introns are important but not a fully investigated issue. We developed an assay system for group I intron self-splicing by employing a fluorescent aptamer RNA (spinach RNA) as a model exonic sequence inserted by the Tetrahymena group I intron. We investigated self-splicing of the intron from spinach RNA, serving as a model exonic sequence with a 3D structure. MDPI 2016-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5192423/ /pubmed/27869660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology5040043 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Furukawa, Airi
Tanaka, Takahiro
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Matsumura, Shigeyoshi
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Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs
title Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs
title_full Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs
title_fullStr Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs
title_full_unstemmed Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs
title_short Use of a Fluorescent Aptamer RNA as an Exonic Sequence to Analyze Self-Splicing Ability of a Group I Intron from Structured RNAs
title_sort use of a fluorescent aptamer rna as an exonic sequence to analyze self-splicing ability of a group i intron from structured rnas
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5192423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869660
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology5040043
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