Figure 1.
Possible mechanism for ptRNA cleavage by RNase P RNA (adapted from 3). The model includes main features of the general two metal ion mechanism proposed for protein- and RNA-catalyzed hydrolytic and phosphoryl transfer reactions (4).
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