Riboswitch: An Area of Novel Breakthrough in RNA World

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International Journal of Applied and Natural Sciences (IJANS) ISSN (P): 2319–4014; ISSN (E): 2319–4022 Vol. 9, Issue 1, Dec-Jan 2020; 67–92 © IASET

RIBOSWITCH: AN AREA OF NOVEL BREAKTHROUGH IN RNA WORLD Harpreet Kaur & Rajan Keshri Research Scholar, Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies, Amritsar, India

ABSTRACT Fundamentally, riboswitches are known to be highly structured and conserved metabolite binding domains, known to be aptamer, which are locus within mRNAs. When we talk about RNA world, riboswitches are ranked among the trending topics. Since its discovery from 2002, there is a large amount of feature disclosed till now and thanks to computational analysis this finding are increasing every year with a fast rate. This work club up the information regarding new findings within the field of riboswitches, which include data about its new classes discovery and its application in the field of gene regulation mechanism, medical science, inter-cellular signalling, biosensors and many more.

KEYWORDS: Riboswitches, Discovery, Gene Regulation, Medical, Signalling, Biosensors Article History Received: 18 Dec 2019 | Revised: 27 Dec 2019 | Accepted: 13 Jan 2020 INTRODUCTION Riboswitches are complex folded RNA domains that serve as receptors for specific metabolites. These domains are found in the non-coding portions of various mRNAs, where they control gene expression by harnessing allosteric structural changes that are brought about by metabolite binding. New findings indicate that riboswitches are robust genetic elements that are involved in regulating fundamental metabolic processes in many organisms. (Mandal & Breaker, 2004) Conceptually riboswitches are whole made of complicated and related folds of RNA domains, within certain mRNAs that serve as precise demodulator or as receptors for ad hoc metabolites. Riboswitches were recognised for chip in to the regulation of numerous fundamental metabolic pathways in certain bacteria which are found in the non-coding portions of various mRNAs, where they control gene expression by adjusting allosteric structural changes that are brought about by metabolite binding (Mandal et al., 2003; Mandal& Breaker, 2004). Riboswitches where detected to be expand in eubacteria, that is, this system of modulation is among the most substantial mechanism by which metabolic genes are controlled. However, many discoveries in the recent past of riboswitch categories have been depicting not only surprisingly complex mechanisms for regulating gene expression but also new high-resolution structural models of these RNAs which also gives an insight into the molecular details of metabolite recognition by natural RNA aptamer (Tucker & Breaker, 2005). RNA was always found to be more affectionate stimuli in managing gene expression rather than it was thought to be (Lin he & Hannon, 2004; Erdmann et al., 2001). It has been considered from long time that differential folding of RNA invests its concise contribution in transcriptional attenuation (Henkin & Yanofsky 2002). In recent past there are novel discoveries of RNA-based regulatory mechanisms admitting pathways involving antisense (Storz et al, 2004) and tRNA–mRNA interactions (Grundy & Henkin, 2003), control of translation by temperature-dependent modulation of RNA structure (Chowdhury et al., 2003; Morita et al., 1999; Morita et al., 1999b; Kamath & Gross., 1991) and the involvement of micro-RNAs as trans-acting genetic factors (Bartel, 2004).

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