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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Methods. 2009 Aug 3;49(2):148–166. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.07.005

Figure 6.

Figure 6

The Tetrahymena group I ribozyme. (A) Secondary structure. (B) Three-dimensional structure at 3.8 Å resolution (PDB file 1X8W). Mg2+ ions are represented as green spheres. (C) Transition state catalytic metal ion-ligand interactions within the Tetrahymena ribozyme active site, as deduced from metal ion rescue experiments.