The nucleic acid data:
IRESite Id: 431 Version: 5
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský
Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš Last change: 2008-07-07 13:06:15
IRESite record type:
  plasmid_with_promoter_and_putative_IRES_without_translational_characterization
The shape of the nucleic acid molecule translated:
  linear
The quality of the mRNA/+RNA sequence:
  hopefully_full-length_mRNA
The mRNA/+RNA description: 
In vitro T7 run-off transcript containing full (except very 5'-most Adenosine) gypsy 5' UTR (nt from -841 to
+5 of the original sequence) mRNA cloned upstream of the truncated version of the beta-galactosidase
(linearized the AflIII site at position 3074 within pMC-WT; see 1393.gb below).
The mRNA/+RNA sequence represented in the +DNA notation:


Credibility of mRNA sequence:
  end-to-end_sequence_reverse_engineered_and_should_match_experiment
The name of the plasmid:
pMC-WT
The name of the promoter used to express this mRNA:
  T7
Description of the plasmid (facultative for promoter-less plasmid records):
Plasmid containing full (except very 5'-most Adenosine) gypsy 5' UTR (nt from -841 to +5 of the original sequence) and beta-galactosidase coding region.
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:
gypsy
The origin of IRES in the plasmid:
  nuclear
The donor organism of the IRES segment:
Drosophila melanogaster
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:
pMC-WT.jpg
The total number of notable open-reading frames (ORFs):
  1
Notable Open-Reading Frames (ORFs; protein coding regions) in the mRNA/+RNA sequence:
ORF
ORF position:   1
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The abbreviated name of this ORF/gene:
LacZ
The description of the protein encoded in this ORF:
beta-galactosidase
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):
  884-2191
Citations:
Ronfort C., De Breyne S., Sandrin V., Darlix J. L., Ohlmann T. (2004) Characterization of two distinct RNA domains that regulate translation of the Drosophila gypsy retroelement. RNA. 10(3):504-515
IRESs:
IRES:
Version: 4 Last change: 2008-07-07 19:30:22
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The IRES name:
  gypsy
The functional status of IRES:
  functional
The IRES absolute position (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents):
  43-888
How IRES boundaries were determined:
experimentally_determined
The sequence of IRES region aligned to its secondary structure (if available):


Remarks:
Gypsy IRES represents the full-length (except very 5'-most Adenosine) gypsy 5' UTR (841 nucleotides) plus
first 5 nucleotides from the viral polyprotein.

Translation of this monocistronic RNA in the RRL revealed that capping of the transcript did not increase
protein synthesis; the presence of a cap structure at the 5' end of the mRNA did not enhance expression driven
by the gypsy 5' UTR in the RRL system (see Fig. 2A).
Citations:
Ronfort C., De Breyne S., Sandrin V., Darlix J. L., Ohlmann T. (2004) Characterization of two distinct RNA domains that regulate translation of the Drosophila gypsy retroelement. RNA. 10(3):504-515
Last change to the database: 2019-03-18 09:32:49 GMT+1