RNA Structure:

The basic parts of RNA are the similar than for DNA with two main differences. The pyrimidyne base uracil exchange thymine and ribose replace deoxyribose see the sugar, pyrimidines and purines pages. Uracil and Adenine for a base pair formed through two hydrogen bonds. It is must to note in which most RNA folding algorithms predict only secondary relatively than tertiary structure. The 3D shape of the molecule is important to molecular function but is harder to predict. This is because tertiary structure is known from crystallography for only tRNA series as described at the top of this page. Secondary structure is commonly considered a sufficient around, until more is known about tertiary structure of RNA.

With the innovation of the molecular structure of the DNA double helix in year 1953 researchers turned to the structure of ribonucleic acid RNA as the next critical puzzle to be resolved on the road to understanding the molecular basis of life. Certainly, RNA may be the only molecule to have inspired the formation of a club which is known as the RNA Tie Club, whose members involved Francis Crick and Nobel Laureates James Watson the discoverers of DNA structure as well as Sydney Brenner, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in the year 2002 for his work including gene regulation in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.