DOLORS: Versatile Strategy for Internal Labeling and Domain Localization in Electron Microscopy
Ian J. MacRae The Scripps Research Institute November 2012
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DOLORS: Versatile Strategy for Internal Labeling and Domain - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
DOLORS: Versatile Strategy for Internal Labeling and Domain Localization in Electron Microscopy Ian J. MacRae The Scripps Research Institute November 2012 1 dsRNA triggers the RNAi pathway dsRNA Dicer dicing siRNA Ago loading RISC
Ian J. MacRae The Scripps Research Institute November 2012
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Dicer loading Ago target mRNA recognition dicing slicing RISC siRNA dsRNA
dsRNA triggers the RNAi pathway
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Dicer
2) dsRNA cleavage 1) dsRNA binding 3) translocation
dsRNA 3 steps in dsRNA processing by Dicer
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PAZ DUF 283 DEXDc RNase IIIa RNase IIIb dsRBD HELICc TRBP BD N C platform
Dicer is a 220 kDa, multi-doman protein
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PAZ DUF 283 DEXDc RNase IIIa RNase IIIb dsRBD HELICc TRBP BD N C platform
cleaves dsRNA binds dsRNA ends translocates
Previous studies have ascribed specific activities to discrete domains
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PAZ DUF 283 DEXDc RNase IIIa RNase IIIb dsRBD HELICc TRBP BD N C platform
cleaves dsRNA binds dsRNA ends translocates
Crystal structures of many domains (or homologous domains) have been established
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PAZ DUF 283 DEXDc RNase IIIa RNase IIIb dsRBD HELICc TRBP BD N C platform
cleaves dsRNA binds dsRNA ends translocates
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PAZ DUF 283 DEXDc RNase IIIa RNase IIIb dsRBD HELICc TRBP BD N C platform
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A monovalent streptavidin with a single femtomolar biotin binding site
Mark Howarth 1, Daniel J-F Chinnapen1,4, Kimberly Gerrow2,4, Pieter C Dorrestein3, Melanie R Grandy 1, Neil L Kelleher 3, Alaa El-Husseini 2 & Alice Y Ting 1
NATURE METHODS
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Your Protein
“Avi Tag” biotin ligase (BirA)
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biotinylated protein + streptavadin
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platform label sites PAZ label sites PAZ platform
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biotinylated loops PAZ platform platform label sites PAZ label sites
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PAZ RNase Helicase Ruler
dsRNA end binding dsRNA cleavage
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PAZ RNase Helicase Ruler
dsRNA end binding dsRNA cleavage ~60 Å = 21 bp
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Pick-Wei Lau Keelan Guiley Clint Potter Bridget Carragher
Novartis Research Foundation Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences Baxter Foundation National Institute of Health
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