The universally conserved nucleotides of the small subunit ribosomal RNAs

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FIGURE 16.
FIGURE 16.

G944 forms a single-nucleotide clamp to fix the orientations of G1338 and A1339. The conserved nucleotide G944 (C = 1.994) forms a compact H-bonded network involving base, ribose, and phosphate moieties, fixing the relative positions of G1338 and A1339.

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  1. Published in Advance February 3, 2022, doi: 10.1261/rna.079019.121 RNA 28: 623-644

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