Hydrolysis of an RNA dinucleoside monophosphate by neomycin B

Abstract

Neomycin B is shown to accelerate the phosphodiester hydrolysis of adenylyl(3′–5′)adenosine (ApA) more effectively than a simple unstructured diamine.

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