A crystal structure of the hairpin ribozyme provides an atomic framework for understanding RNA catalysis, including features that may be common to both RNA and protein enzymes.
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Strobel, S., Ryder, S. The hairpin's turn. Nature 410, 761–762 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35071209
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