Dis3L2 in action (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dis3L2 in action

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Here we see the molecular “machine” named Dis3L2 shape-shifting in order to unsheathe an RNA-splitting wedge. The dramatic transformation is unlike any other structural change previously observed in related enzymes.

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Joshua-Tor lab/CSHL

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