Internal loop

Internal-loops (also termed interior loops) in RNA are found where the double stranded RNA separates due to no Watson-Crick base pairing between the nucleotides. Internal-loops differ from Stem-loops as they occur in middle of a stretch of double stranded RNA. The non-canonicoal residues result in the double helix becoming distorted due to unwinding, unstacking and kinking.

Internal-loops can be classified as either symmetrical or asymmetrical, with some asymmetrical internal-loops, also known as bulges. Many important structural motifs are composed of internal loops such as the C-loop,^[1] the docking-elbow,^[2] kink-turns (k-turn),^[3]^[4] the right-angle,^[5] the sarcin/ricin loops (also called bulged-G motifs),^[6]^[7]^[8] the twist-up motif^[9] and the UAA/GAN internal loop motif.^[10]

Gallery of RNA motifs that host internal loops

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the C-loop RNA motif.

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the docking elbow RNA motif.

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the kink-turn RNA motif.

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the right-angle RNA motif.

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the 3` Sarcin-Ricin (or bulged-G) RNA motif.^[6]

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the 5` Sarcin-Ricin (or bulged-G) RNA motif.^[6]

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the twist-up RNA motif.^[9]

A consensus secondary structure and primary sequence for the UAA-GAN RNA motif.^[10]

References

↑ Lescoute, A; Leontis, NB; Massire, C; Westhof, E (2005). "Recurrent structural RNA motifs, Isostericity Matrices and sequence alignments.". Nucleic Acids Research 33 (8): 2395–409. doi:10.1093/nar/gki535. PMID 15860776.
↑ Lehmann, J; Jossinet, F; Gautheret, D (May 1, 2013). "A universal RNA structural motif docking the elbow of tRNA in the ribosome, RNAse P and T-box leaders.". Nucleic Acids Research 41 (10): 5494–502. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt219. PMID 23580544.
↑ Klein, D.J. (2001). "The kink-turn: a new RNA secondary structure motif". The EMBO Journal 20 (15): 4214–4221. doi:10.1093/emboj/20.15.4214. ISSN 1460-2075.
↑ Schroeder, KT; McPhee, SA; Ouellet, J; Lilley, DM (Aug 2010). "A structural database for k-turn motifs in RNA.". RNA (New York, N.Y.) 16 (8): 1463–8. doi:10.1261/rna.2207910. PMID 20562215.
↑ Grabow, WW; Zhuang, Z; Swank, ZN; Shea, JE; Jaeger, L (Nov 23, 2012). "The right angle (RA) motif: a prevalent ribosomal RNA structural pattern found in group I introns.". Journal of Molecular Biology 424 (1-2): 54–67. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2012.09.012. PMID 22999957.
1 2 3 Szewczak, AA; Moore, PB (Mar 17, 1995). "The sarcin/ricin loop, a modular RNA.". Journal of Molecular Biology 247 (1): 81–98. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1994.0124. PMID 7897662.
↑ Leontis, NB; Westhof, E (Oct 30, 1998). "A common motif organizes the structure of multi-helix loops in 16 S and 23 S ribosomal RNAs.". Journal of Molecular Biology 283 (3): 571–83. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1998.2106. PMID 9784367.
↑ Moore PB (1999). "Structural motifs in RNA". Annu. Rev. Biochem. 68: 287–300. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.68.1.287. PMID 10872451.
1 2 Zhong, C; Zhang, S (Feb 2012). "Clustering RNA structural motifs in ribosomal RNAs using secondary structural alignment.". Nucleic Acids Research 40 (3): 1307–17. doi:10.1093/nar/gkr804. PMID 21976732.
1 2 Lee, JC; Gutell, RR; Russell, R (Jul 28, 2006). "The UAA/GAN internal loop motif: a new RNA structural element that forms a cross-strand AAA stack and long-range tertiary interactions.". Journal of Molecular Biology 360 (5): 978–88. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2006.05.066. PMID 16828489.

Internal loop

References

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