Describe three features of RNA that can be used as a basis for recognition by RNA-proteins. How do they compare with the DNA features recognized by DNA-binding proteins?
three features of RNA that can be used by the RNA binding proteins for recognition are
1. single stranded-ness. Basis are exposed instead of being buried within the Helix. so RNA binding proteins recognises those exposed bases and bind with them.
2. simplicity. Rns do not exists in complex structures like that of DNA, which helps easy site recognition by proteins.
3. Smaller size of RNA and quick polymerisation and depolymerization makes them highly reactive and available for RNA- protein interaction.
DNA will be coded for protein interaction by transcription factors. The DNA binding protein look for these codes on DNA and interacts with them. These are absent in RNA. RNA binds with proteins using site specificity and structural compatibility.
Describe three features of RNA that can be used as a basis for recognition by RNA-proteins....