Seelam, Preethi P.; Mitra, Abhijit; Sharma, Purshotam published the artcile< Pairing interactions between nucleobases and ligands in aptamer:ligand complexes of riboswitches: crystal structure analysis, classification, optimal structures, and accurate interaction energies>, Formula: C5H5N5, the main research area is nucleobases ligands riboswitches crystal structure.
In the present work, 67 crystal structures of the aptamer domains of RNA riboswitches are chosen for anal. of the structure and strength of hydrogen bonding (pairing) interactions between nucleobases constituting the aptamer binding pockets and the bound ligands. A total of 80 unique base:ligand hydrogen-bonded pairs containing at least two hydrogen bonds were identified through visual inspection. Classification of these contacts in terms of the interacting edge of the aptamer nucleobase revealed that interactions involving the Watson-Crick edge are the most common, followed by the sugar edge of purines and the Hoogsteen edge of uracil. Alternatively, classification in terms of the chem. constitution of the ligand yields five unique classes of base:ligand pairs: base:base, base:amino acid, base:sugar, base:phosphate, and base:other. This indicates that these contacts are well-defined RNA aptamer:ligand interaction motifs. The anal. was further extended to study the biol. importance of base:ligand interactions in the binding pocket of the tetrahydrofolate riboswitch and thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitch. Overall, our study helps in understanding the structural and energetic features of base:ligand pairs in riboswitches, which could aid in developing meaningful hypotheses in the context of RNA:ligand recognition. This can, in turn, contribute toward current efforts to develop antimicrobials that target RNAs.
RNA published new progress about Amino acids Role: BSU (Biological Study, Unclassified), BIOL (Biological Study). 452-06-2 belongs to class imidazoles-derivatives, and the molecular formula is C5H5N5, Formula: C5H5N5.
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