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Conformational dynamics of a 5S rRNA hairpin domain containing loop D and a single nucleotide bulge.

ABSTRACT: Molecular modeling and molecular dynamics have been employed to study the conformation and flexibility of a 15-nucleotide fragment of the plant 5S rRNA containing loop D and a single uridine bulge. Two different model built initial structures were used: one with the bulge localized inside the helical stem and another with the bulge pointing out from the helix. Several independent 700-ps-long trajectories in aqueous solution with Na(+) conterions were produced for each starting structure. The bulge nucleotide inside the helix stayed in two main conformations, both of which affected the geometry of the stem part opposite the bulge. When the bulge nucleotide was located outside the helix, we found high base mobility and local backbone flexibility. The dynamics of the hydrogen bond network and conformational changes from a direct to a water mediated hydrogen bond in the sheared G-A basepair in the tetraloop was described. Our results correlate with lead ion induced cleavage patterns in 5S rRNA. Sites resistant to nonspecific lead cleavage appeared in all our simulations as the most rigid fragments independent of the localization of the bulge nucleotide.

SUBMITTER: Sarzynska J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1301018 | biostudies-other | 2000 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Conformational dynamics of a 5S rRNA hairpin domain containing loop D and a single nucleotide bulge.

Sarzynska J J Kulinski T T Nilsson L L

Biophysical journal 20000901 3

Molecular modeling and molecular dynamics have been employed to study the conformation and flexibility of a 15-nucleotide fragment of the plant 5S rRNA containing loop D and a single uridine bulge. Two different model built initial structures were used: one with the bulge localized inside the helical stem and another with the bulge pointing out from the helix. Several independent 700-ps-long trajectories in aqueous solution with Na(+) conterions were produced for each starting structure. The bul ...[more]

PMID: 10968986

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Project description:BackgroundIn addition to providing phylogenetic relationships, tree making procedures such as parsimony and maximum likelihood can make specific predictions of actual historical sequences. Resurrection of such sequences can be used to understand early events in evolution. In the case of RNA, the nature of parsimony is such that when applied to multiple RNA sequences it typically predicts ancestral sequences that satisfy the base pairing constraints associated with secondary structure. The case for such sequences being actual ancestors is greatly improved, if they can be shown to be biologically functional.ResultsA unique common ancestral sequence of 28 Vibrio 5S ribosomal RNA sequences predicted by parsimony was resurrected and found to be functional in the context of the E. coli cellular environment. The functionality of various point variants and intermediates that were constructed as part of the resurrection were examined in detail. When separately introduced the changes at single stranded positions and individual double variants at base-paired positions were also viable. An additional double variant was examined at a different base-paired position and it was also valid.ConclusionsThe results show that at least in the case of the 5S rRNAs considered here, ancestors predicted by parsimony are likely to be realistic when the prediction is not overly influenced by single outliers. It is especially noteworthy that the phenotype of the predicted ancestors could be anticipated as a cumulative consequence of the phenotypes of the individual variants that comprised them. Thus, point mutation data is potentially useful in evaluating the reasonableness of ancestral sequences predicted by parsimony or other methods. The results also suggest that in the absence of significant tertiary structure constraints double variants that preserve pairing in stem regions will typically be accepted. Overall, the results suggest that it will be feasible to resurrect additional meaningful 5S rRNA ancestors as well as ancestral sequences of many different types of RNA.

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Conformational dynamics of a 5S rRNA hairpin domain containing loop D and a single nucleotide bulge.

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Conformational dynamics of a 5S rRNA hairpin domain containing loop D and a single nucleotide bulge.

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