Organisms that lack this structure often replace it with a molecule of either NAD+, NADH, or a dephosphorylated coenzyme A. CBC binds to this structure as a quality control checkpoint prior to its export. This structure can be removed by a complex that includes Dcp1 and Dcp2 prior to sequestration in P-bodies. Influenza uses RdRP binding and an endonuclease to commandeer this structure in a process known as its “snatching.” A unique triphosphate linkage connects this structure, which consists of a single 7-methyl·guanosine nucleotide, to the rest of the molecule that contains it. This is the only one of the three major post-transcriptional modifications to always occur upstream of the start codon. For 10 points, name this structure that is added on the opposite end of the poly-A tail to form mature mRNA in eukaryotes. ■END■
ANSWER: 5-prime cap [or 5′ cap; accept 7-methylguanosine until read; prompt on cap or cap snatching; prompt on RNA or mRNA by asking “what part?”]
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