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RIBONUCLEASE P: Unity and Diversity in a tRNA Processing Ribozyme

Frank, Daniel N., Pace, Norman R.·1998·Annual Review of Biochemistry

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Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is the endoribonuclease that generates the mature 5′-ends of tRNA by removal of the 5′-leader elements of precursor-tRNAs. This enzyme has been characterized from representatives of all three domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya) ( 1 ) as well as from mitochondria and chloroplasts. The cellular and mitochondrial RNase Ps are ribonucleoproteins, whereas the most extensively studied chloroplast RNase P (from spinach) is composed solely of protein. Remarkably, the RNA subunit of bacterial RNase P is catalytically active in vitro in the absence of the protein subunit ( 2 ). Although RNA-only activity has not been demonstrated for the archaeal, eucaryal, or mitochondrial RNAs, comparative sequence analysis has established that these RNAs are homologous (of common ancestry) to bacterial RNA. RNase P holoenzymes vary greatly in organizational complexity across the phylogenetic domains, primarily because of differences in the RNase P protein subunits: Mitochondrial, archaeal, and eucaryal holoenzymes contain larger, and perhaps more numerous, protein subunits than do the bacterial holoenzymes. However, that the nonbacterial RNase P RNAs retain significant structural similarity to their catalytically active bacterial counterparts indicates that the RNA remains the catalytic center of the enzyme.

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Authors
Frank, D. N., & Pace, N. R.
Venue
Annual Review of Biochemistry
Published
1998-06
Volume
67
Issue
1
Pages
153-180
ISSN
  • 0066-4154 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4509
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W2111332566
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465
References
111
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Frank, D. N., & Pace, N. R. (1998). RIBONUCLEASE P: Unity and Diversity in a tRNA Processing Ribozyme. Annual Review of Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biochem.67.1.153

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