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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 7.

Figure 7

Kinetic model of the Tetrahymena ribozyme reaction. The free enzyme (E) can bind the oligonucleotide substrate (S) to form the open complex, in the presence [(E·S·G)O] or absence [(E·S)O] of guanosine. The closed complex [(E·S·G)C or (E·S)C] forms when the P1 helix carrying the substrate “docks” into the active site of the ribozyme via the formation of tertiary interactions. [Taken from (111).]