稳定表达T_7RNA聚合酶的猪睾丸细胞系的建立

根据GenBank中登录的T7RNA聚合酶基因参考序列,设计合成了1对特异性引物扩增对T7RNA聚合酶基因进行扩增,将测序正确的T7RNA聚合酶基因和真核表达载体pIRES2-EGFP双酶切后进行连接构建pIRES2-EGFP-T7RNA RNA质粒。再将构建正确的pIRES2-EGFP-T7RNA质粒经用脂质体法转染猪睾丸细胞,通过G418筛选和单细胞克隆化,同时构建pET-32a-RED原核表达质粒载体,用其检测T7启动子控制下的红色荧光蛋白的表达。结果表明,建立的ST/T7RNA细胞系经20次传代仍然能稳定表达T7RNA聚合酶。结果显示,成功建立能稳定表达T7RNA聚合酶的猪睾丸细胞系,为猪瘟病毒反向遗传操作平台奠定了基础。     

Binding of the human Prp31 Nop domain to a composite RNA-protein platform in U4 snRNP

Although highly homologous, the spliceosomal hPrp31 and the nucleolar Nop56 and Nop58 (Nop56/58) proteins recognize different ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particles. hPrp31 interacts with complexes containing the 15.5K protein and U4 or U4atac small nuclear RNA (snRNA), whereas Nop56/58 associate with 15.5K-box C/D small nucleolar RNA complexes. We present structural and biochemical analyses of hPrp31-15.5K-U4 snRNA complexes that show how the conserved Nop domain in hPrp31 maintains high RNP binding selectivity despite relaxed RNA sequence requirements. The Nop domain is a genuine RNP binding module, exhibiting RNA and protein binding surfaces. Yeast two-hybrid analyses suggest a link between retinitis pigmentosa and an aberrant hPrp31-hPrp6 interaction that blocks U4/U6-U5 tri-snRNP formation.