RNA recognition by minimal ProQ from Neisseria meningitidis

TABLE 6.

Mutations in the sequence on the 5′ side of the terminator stem affect the binding of the rpmG-3′ and AniS-3′ to N. meningitidis ProQ

32P-RNA Kd [nM] (maximal fraction bound)
rpmG-3′ 1 ± 0.52 (89%)a
rpmG-2AtoU 1.7 ± 0.81 (91%)
rpmG-3AtoU 4.2 ± 2.7 (78%)
AniS-3′ 5 ± 0.4 (91%)a
AniS-2UtoA 2.8 ± 0.55 (88%)
AniS-3UtoA 0.3 ± 0.073 (97%)
  • The Kd values were obtained by fitting the data using the quadratic equation, except the data for AniS-3UtoA which was fit using the equation for one site-specific binding with the Hill slope model. The average Kd values with standard deviations were calculated from at least three independent experiments.

  • aData from Table 1.

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