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The effects of various metal ions on cleavage activity and global folding have been studied in the extended  Schistosoma  hammerhead ribozyme. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer was used to probe global folding as a function of various monovalent and divalent metal ions in this ribozyme. The divalent metals ions Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Mn 2+ , and Sr 2+  have a relatively small variation (less than sixfold) in their ability to globally fold the hammerhead ribozyme, which contrasts with the very large difference (&gt;10,000-fold) in apparent rate constants for cleavage for these divalent metal ions in single-turnover kinetic experiments. There is still a very large range (&gt;4600-fold) in the apparent rate constants for cleavage for these divalent metal ions measured in high salt (2 M NaCl) conditions where the ribozyme is globally folded. These results demonstrate that the identity of the divalent metal ion has little effect on global folding of the  Schistosoma  hammerhead ribozyme, whereas it has a very large effect on the cleavage kinetics. Mechanisms by which the identity of the divalent metal ion can have such a large effect on cleavage activity in the  Schistosoma  hammerhead ribozyme are discussed.

Metal ion specificities for folding and cleavage activity in the Schistosoma hammerhead ribozyme