In vitro selection of a 7-methyl-guanosine binding RNA that inhibits translation of capped mRNA molecules

AUTOR(ES)

Haller, Aurelia A.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

RESUMO

Using systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), an RNA molecule was isolated that displays a 1,000-fold higher affinity for guanosine residues that carry an N-7 methyl group than for nonmethylated guanosine residues. The methylated guanosine residue closely resembles the 5′ terminal cap structure present on all eukaryotic mRNA molecules. The cap-binding RNA specifically inhibited the translation of capped but not uncapped mRNA molecules in cell-free lysates prepared from either human HeLa cells or from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These findings indicate that the cap-binding RNA will also be useful in studies of other cap-dependent processes such as pre-mRNA splicing and nucleocytoplasmic mRNA transport.

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