The coordination loop in group II introns forms a chimeric kink-turn that involves a long-range base pair (A251-U326).

More weird kink-turns in our recent preprint:
https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.31.596898

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🚀 Check out kink-turn-like motifs with no kink, and crazy kink-turn variants in group II introns. 🔬

https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.31.596898

https://github.com/febos/ARTEM-KT
https://github.com/david-bogdan-r/ARTEM

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