Self-splicing of the Tetrahymena group I ribozyme without conserved base-triples |
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Authors: | Ikawa Y Yoshioka W Ohki Y Shiraishi H Inoue T |
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Affiliation: | Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Group I introns share a conserved core region consisting of two domains, P8-P3-P7 and P4-P6, joined by four base-triples. We showed previously that the T4 td intron can perform phosphoester transfer reactions at two splice sites in the absence of both P4-P6 and the conserved base-triples, whereas it is barely able to perform the intact splicing reaction due to the difficulty of conducting the sequential reactions. RESULTS: Based on previous findings, we constructed a bimolecular ribozyme lacking a large portion of P4-P6 and the base-triples from the Tetrahymena intron, on the assumption that the long-range interactions of the peripheral regions in the two RNAs can compensate for the deteriorated core. The bimolecular ribozyme performed the intact splicing reaction. CONCLUSION: The present analysis indicates that the base-triples are nonessential, but that L4 and the distal part of P4 in P4-P6 are important for conducting the splicing reaction. The reconstituted self-splicing ribozyme provides an amenable system for analysing the role(s) of elements in the core region in the self-splicing reaction mechanism. |
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