The Fragile-X syndrome is the most common inherited form ofmental retardation in humans. The gene causing the disease has beencloned and shown to encode an RNA-binding protein that binds to adiverse yet specific pool of mRNA species in the brain. Based onwhat you know about RNA structure, do you think it likely that thisprotein binds to these RNA molecules using a similar mechanism thatproteins use to bind DNA? Explain why or why not, and if not,propose another way that this protein may recognize these RNAspecies.
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