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. 1982 Aug 25;10(16):4973–4983. doi: 10.1093/nar/10.16.4973

NMR evidence for the existence of two native conformations of 5S RNA.

M J Kime, P B Moore
PMCID: PMC320845  PMID: 6182528

Abstract

NMR spectra of the non-exchangeable protons in 5S RNA from E. coli show the existence of two distinct conformers of the molecule which meet the operational definition of "A form" or native 5S RNA. Both are easily distinguished spectroscopically from denatured, "B form" 5S RNA. The conditions which interconvert the two A form conformers strongly suggest that the transition between them gives rise to the low temperature optical melting transition first reported in 5S RNA by Kao and Crothers (1).

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