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We postulate that these enzymes are likely to chelate 2 divalent cations and are likely follow a bimetal reaction mechanism similar to what has been proposed for nucleotide cyclases, nucleic acid polymerases, or certain phosphoesterases such as those of the HD and DHH superfamilies.
Finally inclusion of EDTA in the reaction mixture inhibited the binding reaction suggesting that the divalent cations are essential for this binding activity.
Analogous to the RecT superfamily, this acidic dyad might coordinate a divalent cation and undergo a conformational change dependent on metal-binding.
The patch perfusion solutions were the same as the bath solutions, except for modified divalent and ATP concentrations as indicated for particular experiments.
E. coli RNase III is active as a homodimer, and requires a divalent metal ion (preferably Mg 2+) to hydrolyze phosphodiesters, creating 5'-phosphate, 3'-hydroxyl product termini [ 4 ] . E. coli RNase III cleaves rRNA and mRNA precursors as part of the respective maturation pathways.