TABLE 2.
Kinetic parameters for ribozyme cleavage of oligonucleotide substrates under different salt conditionsa
10 mM MgCl2 | 2 mM MgCl2−150 mM NaCl | ||||||
R•S | kcleavage min−1 | KMS μM | kcleavage/KMS μM−1 min−1 | kcleavage min−1 | KMS μM | kcleavage/KMS μM−1 min−1 | koffSb min−1 |
R2•S23 | 1 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 11 ± 5.0 | 0.011 ± 0.004 | >1 |
R2A14G•S23U−55C G | 0.63 ± 0.07 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.73 ± 0.02 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 15 ± 2.0 | 0.012 ± 0.002 | >2 |
R2A14G•S23U−55C G | 0.51 ± 0.05 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.47 ± 0.03 | 0.19 ± 0.03 | 8.2 ± 0.7 | 0.022 ± 0.005 | >2 |
R2•S24 | 0.78 ± 0.04 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.83 ± 0.02 | 0.38 ± 0.03 | 0.5 ± 0.2 |
R2A14G•S24U−55C G | 0.79 ± 0.02 | 0.68 ± 0.06 | 1.2 ± 0.15 | 0.24 ± 0.02 | 0.63 ± 0.1 | 0.40 ± 0.06 | — |
R2A14G•S24U−55C G | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.77 ± 0.02 | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 0.11 ± 0.05 |
R2•S26 | 0.76 ± 0.06 | 0.53 ± 0.07 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 0.26 ± 0.02 | 0.43 ± 0.02 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | <0.1 |
R2A14G•S26U−55C G | 0.68 ± 0.07 | 0.61 ± 0.09 | 1.1 ± 0.06 | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 0.49 ± 0.06 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | <0.1 |
R2A14G•S26U−55C G | 0.47 ± 0.05 | 0.70 ± 0.03 | 0.8 ± 0.4 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.53 ± 0.22 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | — |
R2•S28 | 0.76 ± 0.01 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 0.27 ± 0.02 | 0.33 ± 0.03 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | — |
aMean and range of values obtained from two experiments.
bMeasured using pulse chase experiments as described previously (Hegg and Fedor 1995).