Structural Organization of The Twin-ribozyme Introns
The twin-ribozyme introns represent some of the most complex organized group I introns known and consist of a homing endonuclease gene (HEG: I-DirI homing endonuclease) embedded in two functionally distinct catalytic RNA domains. One of the catalytic RNAs is a conventional group I intron ribozyme (GIR2) responsible for the intron splicing and reverse splicing, as well as intron RNA circularization. The other catalytic RNA domain is the group I-like ribozyme (GIR1) directly involved in homing endonuclease mRNA maturation.
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