The nucleic acid data:
IRESite Id: 344 Version: 3
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš
Reviewed by: Václav Vopálenský Last change: 2008-06-27 12:19:29
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: 
Putative spliced in vitro SV40 promoter-derived transcript of phpRAF plasmid containing human version of
putative Apaf-1 IRES with a hairpin structure in front of the first cistron.
The mRNA/+RNA sequence represented in the +DNA notation:


Warning: mRNA sequence when devoid of trailing 'A's is still not a substring of the plasmid sequence. Is it because an intron is spliced out? Stay calm then. :-)
Credibility of mRNA sequence:
  end-to-end_sequence_reverse_engineered_and_should_match_experiment
The name of the plasmid:
phpRAF
The name of the promoter used to express this mRNA:
  SV40
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:
Apaf-1
The origin of IRES in the plasmid:
  nuclear
The donor organism of the IRES segment:
Homo sapiens
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:
phpRAF.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: 2 Last change: 2008-06-27 12:19:29
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Václav Vopálenský
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):
  246-1181
ORF
ORF position:   2
Version: 3 Last change: 2008-06-27 12:19:29
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Václav Vopálenský
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):
  1811-3463
Citations:
Coldwell M. J., Mitchell S. A., Stoneley M., MacFarlane M., Willis A. E. (2000) Initiation of Apaf-1 translation by internal ribosome entry. Oncogene. 19(7):899-905
IRESs:
IRES:
Version: 3 Last change: 2008-06-27 12:19:29
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Václav Vopálenský
The IRES name:
  Apaf-1
The functional status of IRES:
  functional
The IRES absolute position (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents):
  1234-1808
How IRES boundaries were determined:
experimentally_determined
5'-end of IRES relative to last base of the STOP codon of the upstream ORF:
  53
3'-end of IRES relative to last base of the STOP codon of the upstream ORF:
  627
5'-end of IRES relative to first base of the START codon of the downstream ORF:
  -577
3'-end of IRES relative to first base of the START codon of the downstream ORF:
  -3
The sequence of IRES region aligned to its secondary structure (if available):


Citations:
Coldwell M. J., Mitchell S. A., Stoneley M., MacFarlane M., Willis A. E. (2000) Initiation of Apaf-1 translation by internal ribosome entry. Oncogene. 19(7):899-905
The translation experiments:
Translation results:
IRESite Translation Id: 416
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Martin Mokrejš Reviewed by: Václav Vopálenský
The translation method used to study IRES function:
in vivo
The organism used for translation:
Homo sapiens HeLa (ATCC CCL-2)
The temperature (in degrees of Celsia):
37
The relative translation efficiency in % of this IRES:
  100.000
Name of the plasmid used as the negative control.
pRF
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as negative control.
  184
The relative translation efficiency in % of the negative control:
  2.400
The size (length) of intercistronic region in the negative control:
67
The effect of 5'-cap analogs on translation:
not tested
Rapamycin affects translation:
not tested
Type of RNA subject to translation:
  endogenous_nuclear_RNA_Pol_II_transcript
Remarks:
Fig. 4b
Citations:
Coldwell M. J., Mitchell S. A., Stoneley M., MacFarlane M., Willis A. E. (2000) Initiation of Apaf-1 translation by internal ribosome entry. Oncogene. 19(7):899-905
Last change to the database: 2019-03-18 09:32:49 GMT+1