
A detailed reconstruction of the RNA folding process
An article published in the journal “Molecular Cell” reports the reconstruction of the folding of an RNA fragment, with the consequent creation of videos of the process. A team of researchers led by Julius Lucks of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA, applied a method that was called Reconstructing RNA Dynamics from Data (R2D2) to obtain details of RNA movements. Specifically, the folding of the sequence called signal recognition particle (SRP) of a bacterium of the Escherichia coli family was reconstructed. Understanding how RNA work is crucial for improving biological and medical knowledge.