ABSTRACT Metal ions assist the hydrolytic cleavage of phosphodiester bonds of RNA in several different systems. These systems range from the random cleavage of linear RNA molecules promoted by free metal aquo ions, to site-specific cleavage of tRNAPhe molecules and ribozyme catalysis where an RNA enzyme site-specifically cleaves an RNA substrate in the presence of metal ions. The mechanistic studies on different systems are discussed.
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