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Fraying model with open and closed ribozyme⋅substrate helices. Formation of the closed complex is suggested to be required for the chemical step. When either helix I (below) or helix III (above) has sufficiently reduced stability, one or the other of the open complexes [(E⋅S)open] will accumulate at equilibrium.
