Project description:We develop an enhanced MaP protocol based on MarathonRT and bioinformatic optimizations which enables robust DMS probing of all four RNA nucleotides within living cells. We demonstrate this on RNA from E. coli and HEK293 cell lines.
Project description:To delineate the native structure of SF3A3 5'UTR, RNA was harvested from IMR90 human fibroblasts. Using specific primers and DMS-MaPSeq pipeline, we validated individual base pairing probabilities within the endogenous 5'UTR of SF3A3 (samples described as 'in vivo' transcribed). DMS-MaP-Seq is based on the principle that DMS is highly reactive to solvent-accessible, unpaired adenine (A) and cytosine (C) residues, but remains inert toward base-paired A and C engaged in Watson-Crick interactions (Rouskin et al., 2014). Using this methodology, we identify stable stem-loop structure (SL3) positioned within SF3A3 5'UTR. To further validate the functional importance of SL3, the structural point mutant (SF3A3 5'UTR mut: A55C and U95A) and rescue (SF3A3 5'UTR res: A55C and U95A and rescuing point mutations G61U and U100G) sequences of SF3A3 5'UTR were cloned into the reporter plasmid. For the validation of these mutate-and-rescue constructs, plasmids were in vitro transcribed and either used directly (samples described as 'in vitro') for DMS-MaP-Seq probing.
Project description:Here, we use dimethyl sulfate mutational profiling with sequencing (DMS-MaPseq) to conduct a target-specific and genome-wide profile of in vivo RNA secondary structure in rice (Oryza sativa). Our study presents an optimized DMS-MaPseq for probing in vivo RNA structure in rice.
Project description:The goal of this study was to understand the underlying structure of nucleotides 403-780 of the lncRNA SLNCR1, in-cell and when extracted from nuclear and cytoplasmic fractions. SHAPE and DMS probing revealed that the region is largely unstructured inside and outside of the cell, and appears protein-bound in primary melanoma cells.
Project description:Structure probing experiments were performed on in vitro transcripts and E. coli and human cell cultures under natively extracted (cell-free) and in-cell conditions to benchmark the performance of the newly introduced PAIR-MaP correlated chemical probing strategy for detecting RNA duplexes. Multiple-hit dimethyl sulfate (DMS) probing was done using new buffer conditions that facilitate DMS modification of all four nucleotides.