Computer Science
Scientific paper
Sep 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987orli...17..359b&link_type=abstract
Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, Volume 17, Issue 3-4, pp. 359-366
Computer Science
Scientific paper
A crucial event in the process leading to the origin of life is the emergence of a simple translation device. To approach experimental realization of this device the binding ability of short DNA hairpins to complementary oligonucleotides fixed on a solid support was investigated. The binding is achieved by base pairing between the loop nucleotides of the hairpins containing different numbers of adenosine residues and oligothymidylates covalently linked to cellulose. The loop has to consist of at least five nucleotides to achieve binding. The exact number of established base pairs was determined in two ways. First, the elution temperatures of hairpins and those of oligoadenylates which had the length of the loop were compared. Secondly, the architecture of the loop was analyzed by means of the single-strand-specific nuclease from mung bean acting as structural probe. Onlyn-2 of n loop nucleotides of a hairpin are able to form base pairs. Therefore, a strong evidence for the formation of a triplet of base pairs between primeval tRNA and mRNA sufficient to stabilize the complex enzyme-free is given.
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