ISSN:
0006-3525
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
MS2 RNA, which sediments at 27S in a neutral buffer, can be converted to a compact 57S conformation at pH 3.8. Requirements for this conversion, besides protonation, are small concentrations of Mg++ ions and a low ionic strength. On the other hand, after heating in the presence of EDTA and at low ionic strength, the RNA can be unfolded to an 11.7S form at pH 6.8 and to 10.5S at pH 3.8. The compact 57S form has lost at least 50% of its secondary structure, as determined by its hypochromicity. It corresponds to a monomer species, as will be shown in a following paper (XXIV). Comparative studies with the homopolymers poly A and poly C and with the heteropolymers poly A,U, poly A,C, and poly A,G indicate that the interactions involved in the acid RNA conformation are not simply explainable by the known interactions of the A-A+, C-C+, and/or A-C+ type.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.1973.360120908
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