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* * Figure 6-24. The reactions that cap the 5′ end of each RNA molecule synthesized by RNA polymerase II. The final cap contains a novel 5′-to-5′ linkage between the positively charged 7-methyl G residue and the 5′ end of the RNA transcript (see Figure 6-22B). The letter N represents any one of the four ribonucleotides, although the nucleotide that starts an RNA chain is usually a purine (an A or a G). (After A.J. Shatkin, BioEssays 7:275–277, 1987. ? ICSU Press.) * Figure 6-26. The RNA splicing reaction. (A) In the first step, a specific adenine nucleotide in the intron sequence (indicated i