Re: CCL:Ribosomal RNA

[raman(-(at)-)bioc01.uthscsa.edu (C.S.RAMAN)]

 Hi:
 > We would like to model the secondary structure of ribosomal
 > RNA and would like to contact anybody who has done similar
 > work or who can lead us to useful references. Are there any
 > crystollographic structures  of ribosomal RNA available?
 To the best of my knowledge there are two items in the PDB that might
 interest you: (a) theoretical model of 5s rRNA  and (b) NMR structures
 of rRNA.  Here are the headers for your information:
 HEADER    RIBONUCLEIC ACID                        23-JUN-93   1ELH
 COMPND    5S RIBOSOMAL RNA (HELIX I) (NMR, 6 STRUCTURES)
 SOURCE    (ESCHERICHIA COLI)
 EXPDTA    NMR
 AUTHOR    S.WHITE,P.MOORE
 REVDAT   1   31-JAN-94 1ELH    0
 JRNL        AUTH   S.A.WHITE,M.NILGES,A.HUANG,A.T.BRUNGER,P.B.MOORE
 JRNL        TITL   NMR ANALYSIS OF HELIX I FROM THE 5S RNA OF
 JRNL        TITL 2 ESCHERICHIA COLI
 JRNL        REF    BIOCHEMISTRY                  V.  31  1610 1992
 JRNL        REFN   ASTM BICHAW  US ISSN 0006-2960                  033
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 HEADER    RIBONUCLEIC ACID                        22-JUN-91   1RRN
 COMPND    5 S RIBOSOMAL RNA (THEORETICAL MODEL)
 SOURCE    (XENOPUS LAEVIS) OOCYTES
 EXPDTA    THEORETICAL MODEL
 AUTHOR    E.WESTHOF,P.ROMBY,C.EHRESMANN
 REVDAT   2   31-JAN-94 1RRNA   1       REMARK
 REVDAT   1   31-OCT-93 1RRN    0
 JRNL        AUTH   E.WESTHOF,P.ROMBY,P.J.ROMANIUK,J.-*P.EBEL,
 JRNL        AUTH 2 C.EHRESMANN,B.EHRESMANN
 JRNL        TITL   COMPUTER MODELING FROM SOLUTION DATA OF SPINACH
 JRNL        TITL 2 CHLOROPLAST AND OF XENOPUS LAEVIS SOMATIC AND
 JRNL        TITL 3 OOCYTE 5 S $R/RNA$S
 JRNL        REF    J.MOL.BIOL.                   V. 207   417 1989
 JRNL        REFN   ASTM JMOBAK  UK ISSN 0022-2836                  070
 Cheers
 -raman
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