The nucleic acid data:
IRESite Id: 314 Version: 3
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš
Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš Last change: 2007-11-02 00:00:00
IRESite record type:
  plasmid_with_promoter_and_putative_IRES_translationally_characterized
The shape of the nucleic acid molecule translated:
  linear
The quality of the mRNA/+RNA sequence:
  hopefully_full-length_mRNA
The mRNA/+RNA description: 
Bicistronic (un)capped T7 transcript containing Rluc, XIAP IRES, Fluc-fusion and synthetic poly(A) tail
(short, 35b).
The mRNA/+RNA sequence represented in the +DNA notation:


Credibility of mRNA sequence:
  guessed_as_the_sequence_was_never_published_by_authors_nor_described_in_sufficient_detail
The name of the plasmid:
pRL-XIAP-FL-polyA
The name of the promoter used to express this mRNA:
  T7
The in vivo produced transcripts are heterogeneous (due to any of promoter?/splicing?/cleavage?/breakage?):
  not tested
The in vivo produced heterogeneous transcripts occur due to alternative splicing:
  not tested
A promoter reported in cDNA corresponding to IRES sequence:
  not tested
The abbreviated name of the donor gene or virus from which this IRES was excised and inserted into the plasmid:
XIAP
The origin of IRES in the plasmid:
  nuclear
The donor organism of the IRES segment:
Homo sapiens HeLa (ATCC CCL-2)
The DNA sequence of the plasmid in (+) orientation annotated by its secondary structure:


GenBank formatted file with annotated plasmid sequence hyperlinked from vector image map:
pRL-XIAP-FL-polyA.jpg
The total number of notable open-reading frames (ORFs):
  2
Notable Open-Reading Frames (ORFs; protein coding regions) in the mRNA/+RNA sequence:
ORF
ORF position:   1
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The abbreviated name of this ORF/gene:
RLuc
The description of the protein encoded in this ORF:
Renilla luciferase
The translational frameshift (ribosome slippage) involved:
  0
The ribosome read-through involved:
  no
The alternative forms of this protein occur by the alternative initiation of translation:
  not tested
The ORF absolute position (the base range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents):
  12-947
ORF
ORF position:   2
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The abbreviated name of this ORF/gene:
FLuc
The description of the protein encoded in this ORF:
Firefly luciferase
The translational frameshift (ribosome slippage) involved:
  0
The ribosome read-through involved:
  no
The alternative forms of this protein occur by the alternative initiation of translation:
  not tested
The ORF absolute position (the base range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents):
  1442-3094
Citations:
Van Eden M. E., Byrd M. P., Sherrill K. W., Lloyd R. E. (2004) Demonstrating internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNAs using stringent RNA test procedures. RNA. 10(4):720-730
IRESs:
IRES:
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The IRES name:
  XIAP
The functional status of IRES:
  functional
The IRES absolute position (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents):
  963-1422
How IRES boundaries were determined:
experimentally_determined
5'-end of IRES relative to last base of the STOP codon of the upstream ORF:
  16
3'-end of IRES relative to last base of the STOP codon of the upstream ORF:
  475
5'-end of IRES relative to first base of the START codon of the downstream ORF:
  -479
3'-end of IRES relative to first base of the START codon of the downstream ORF:
  -20
The sequence of IRES region aligned to its secondary structure (if available):


Citations:
Van Eden M. E., Byrd M. P., Sherrill K. W., Lloyd R. E. (2004) Demonstrating internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNAs using stringent RNA test procedures. RNA. 10(4):720-730
The translation experiments:
Translation results:
IRESite Translation Id: 399
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The translation method used to study IRES function:
in vivo
The organism used for translation:
Homo sapiens 293T (ATCC CRL-1573)
The temperature (in degrees of Celsia):
37
The relative translation efficiency in % of this IRES:
  9.500
Name of IRES used as the positive control:
  HCV_type_1b
Name of the plasmid used as the positive control.
pRL-HCV-FL-polyA
Name of the plasmid used as the negative control.
pRL-FL-polyA
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as positive control.
  112
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as negative control.
  133
The relative translation efficiency in % of the positive control:
  100.000
The relative translation efficiency in % of the negative control:
  6.500
The size (length) of intercistronic region in the positive control:
485
The size (length) of intercistronic region in the negative control:
28
The effect of 5'-cap analogs on translation:
not tested
Rapamycin affects translation:
not tested
Type of RNA subject to translation:
  exogenous_RNA_with_GpppG_cap_with_polyA_tail
Remarks:
Data are calculated from values shown separately for renilla and firefly luciferases in Fig. 4C,D.
Citations:
Van Eden M. E., Byrd M. P., Sherrill K. W., Lloyd R. E. (2004) Demonstrating internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNAs using stringent RNA test procedures. RNA. 10(4):720-730
Translation results:
IRESite Translation Id: 400
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The translation method used to study IRES function:
in vivo
The organism used for translation:
Homo sapiens 293T (ATCC CRL-1573)
The temperature (in degrees of Celsia):
37
The relative translation efficiency in % of this IRES:
  1.430
Name of IRES used as the positive control:
  HCV_type_1b
Name of the plasmid used as the positive control.
pRL-HCV-FL-polyA
Name of the plasmid used as the negative control.
pRL-FL-polyA
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as positive control.
  112
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as negative control.
  133
The relative translation efficiency in % of the positive control:
  100.000
The relative translation efficiency in % of the negative control:
  0.230
The size (length) of intercistronic region in the positive control:
485
The size (length) of intercistronic region in the negative control:
28
The effect of 5'-cap analogs on translation:
not tested
Rapamycin affects translation:
not tested
Type of RNA subject to translation:
  exogenous_RNA_without_cap_with_polyA_tail
Remarks:
Data are calculated from values shown separately for renilla and firefly luciferases in Fig. 4C,D.
Citations:
Van Eden M. E., Byrd M. P., Sherrill K. W., Lloyd R. E. (2004) Demonstrating internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNAs using stringent RNA test procedures. RNA. 10(4):720-730
Translation results:
IRESite Translation Id: 405
Version: 1 Last change: 2007-11-02 00:00:00
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The translation method used to study IRES function:
in vitro
The in vitro translation system:
rabbit reticulocytes lysate
The organism used for translation:
The temperature (in degrees of Celsia):
37
The relative translation efficiency in % of this IRES:
  47.000
Name of IRES used as the positive control:
  HCV_type_1b
Name of the plasmid used as the positive control.
pRL-HCV-FL
Name of the plasmid used as the negative control.
pRL-FL
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as positive control.
  131
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as negative control.
  119
The relative translation efficiency in % of the positive control:
  100.000
The relative translation efficiency in % of the negative control:
  29.000
The size (length) of intercistronic region in the positive control:
485
The size (length) of intercistronic region in the negative control:
28
The effect of 5'-cap analogs on translation:
not tested
Rapamycin affects translation:
not tested
Type of RNA subject to translation:
  exogenous_RNA_with_GpppG_cap_with_polyA_tail
Remarks:
The results from Fig. 1C shown here do not form the supporting evidence for existence of IRES in XIAP (the
direct mRNA transfection is the key experiment, see subsection Translation Id: 399 and 400 of this record).
Citations:
Van Eden M. E., Byrd M. P., Sherrill K. W., Lloyd R. E. (2004) Demonstrating internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNAs using stringent RNA test procedures. RNA. 10(4):720-730
Last change to the database: 2019-03-18 09:32:49 GMT+1