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Biochemistry 430/530 Andrew MacMillan andrew.macmillan@ualberta.ca MedSci 4-39 (by appointment) 492-3813 http://www2.biochem.ualberta.ca/MacMillanLab/ “Course Notes”. Medicine/Physiology. Chemistry. Szostak, Greider, Blackburn. Steitz, Ramakrishnan, Yonath.
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Biochemistry 430/530 Andrew MacMillan andrew.macmillan@ualberta.ca MedSci 4-39 (by appointment) 492-3813 http://www2.biochem.ualberta.ca/MacMillanLab/ “Course Notes”
Medicine/Physiology Chemistry Szostak, Greider, Blackburn Steitz, Ramakrishnan, Yonath 2006 Andrew Z. Fire, Craig C. Mello 1993 Richard J. Roberts, Phillip A. Sharp 1989 Sidney Altman, Thomas R. Cech
1) RNA Structure/Reactivity (1) 2) Ribozymes/Riboswitches(2) 3) pre-mRNA Splicing (3) 4) RNA Degradation/RNAi(2)
RNA information structure function
Ribosome - Large Subunit H. marismortui -2833 nt -27 proteins Science (2000) 289:920-30
RNA Structure and Reactivity 7 6 5 1 8 4 2 9 5’ 3 4’ 1’ 2’ 3’ 4 3 5 6 2 1
Nucleic Acids Chemical Functionalities -Hydrogen Bonding -Metal Coordination -Acid/Base -Nucleophilic Reactions
Hydrogen Bonding ~3-5 kcal/mol D A
Hydrogen Bonding ~3-5 kcal/mol (excluding entropy - how much is this worth?) D A
Metal Coordination Na+, K+, Mg2+, Mn2+
Acid/Base pKa ~ 12 pKa ~ 14
B-Form DNA Dickerson and coworkers
Base-Pairing in RNA Watson-Crick Hoogsteen
Base-Pairing in RNA Major Minor Watson-Crick Hoogsteen
Higher Order Structure in Nucleic Acids From Non-WC Base-Pairs