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SUBMITTER: Klein DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657927 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Klein Daniel J DJ Edwards Thomas E TE Ferré-D'Amaré Adrian R AR
Nature structural & molecular biology 20090222 3
Riboswitches are mRNA domains that bind metabolites and modulate gene expression in cis. We report cocrystal structures of a remarkably compact riboswitch (34 nucleotides suffice for ligand recognition) from Bacillus subtilis that is selective for the essential nucleobase preQ(1) (7-aminomethyl-7-deazaguanine). The structures reveal a previously unrecognized pseudoknot fold and suggest a conserved gene-regulatory mechanism whereby ligand binding promotes sequestration of an RNA segment that othe ...[more]