| Literature DB >> 26351695 |
Judith Hauptmann1, Daniel Schraivogel1, Astrid Bruckmann1, Sudhir Manickavel2, Leonhard Jakob1, Norbert Eichner1, Janina Pfaff1, Marc Urban3, Stefanie Sprunck3, Markus Hafner2, Thomas Tuschl4, Rainer Deutzmann1, Gunter Meister5.
Abstract
During microRNA (miRNA)-guided gene silencing, Argonaute (Ago) proteins interact with a member of the TNRC6/GW protein family. Here we used a short GW protein-derived peptide fused to GST and demonstrate that it binds to Ago proteins with high affinity. This allows for the simultaneous isolation of all Ago protein complexes expressed in diverse species to identify associated proteins, small RNAs, or target mRNAs. We refer to our method as "Ago protein Affinity Purification by Peptides" (Ago-APP). Furthermore, expression of this peptide competes for endogenous TNRC6 proteins, leading to global inhibition of miRNA function in mammalian cells.Entities:
Keywords: Argonaute; GW proteins; RNAi; microRNAs; small RNAs
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26351695 PMCID: PMC4586862 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506116112
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205