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C was also found in the branch-point position in 8/25 ΔA54 homing products.
2B,2C) and from the branch-point to each of the distal tips.
Although it is specifically the N6 amino group of the branch-point A that is recognized, many lines of evidence suggest that the actual base at the branch site is not required to be an A. Naturally occurring introns have U (11 times), followed by G (5 occurrences) and C (1 occurrence) (Comparative RNA Web Site database: http://www.rna.icmb.utexas.edu/).
In the first step of splicing, there is a nucleophilic attack by the branch-point residue on the nucleotide at position 1 of the intron, resulting in a lariat structure with the intron remaining attached to the 3' exon.
Only the G3A substitution mutant in the catalytic triad of DV was mobile, while the other two mutants were revertants back to G. In DVI, a branch-point nucleotide was found to be essential for mobility.