The shape of the nucleic acid molecule translated: linear
The quality of the mRNA/+RNA sequence: our_best_guess
The abbreviated name of the virus/gene coding for this mRNA/+RNA molecule: NRF
The genetic origin of this natural mRNA/+RNA: nuclear
The GenBankId GI:# number of exactly this mRNA/+RNA sequence: 7406601
Synonyms of the gene name:
Synonym: NF-kappaB-repressing factor
The mRNA/+RNA description:
Homo sapiens mRNA for transcription factor NRF (NF-kappaB-repressing factor), a nuclear inhibitor of
NF-kappaB. Poly(A)-tail was dropped from the sequence.
The mRNA/+RNA sequence represented in the +DNA notation:
Credibility of mRNA sequence: end-to-end_sequence_completely_same_as_in_the_experiment
The organism containing this mRNA with IRES segment in its genome:
A promoter reported in cDNA corresponding to IRES sequence: no (not convincing)
The total number of notable open-reading frames (ORFs): 1
Summary of possible issues when IRES cDNA is experimentally transcribed in vivo:
Summary of experiments studying integrity of the in vivo transcripts in a particular host:
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using Northern-blot: homogeneous_population_of_molecules_confirmed
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using RNase protection: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using 5'-RACE: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using primer extension : not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using RT-PCR: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (rtqPCR): not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using RNAi: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using S1 nuclease mapping: not_tested
Cryptic promoter presence was confirmed by expression from a promoter-less plasmid: not_tested
Cryptic promoter presence was confirmed in an experimental setup involving inducible promoter: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA molecules or possible promoter presence expressed in vivo was tested using another method, please specify in Remarks: not_tested
The IRES absolute position (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents): 1-637
Conclusion: probably_not_IRES
How IRES boundaries were determined: experimentally_determined
The sequence of IRES region aligned to its secondary structure (if available):
Remarks:
Reboll et al. (2007) studied "IRES" activity of many mutants spanning the "IRES" region and determined a
secondary structure of 77bp long region immediately preceding the initiator ATG.
Baranick et al. (2008) postulate that the "IRES" activity observed was mainly due to the splice artifacts
(Fig. 3D). The sequence originally reported as the 5'-UTR contains -18_agGT_-16 (the 3'-splice acceptor site
is in lowercase) based on several EST records lacking the region -653 to -17. Mutation affecting the 3'-splice
acceptor site decreased "IRES" activity of NRF to about 50% of EMCV, about 8-fold drop. It is unclear why
mutations to the putative branching site caused only marginal decrease whereas a mutation to the region
preceding the 3'-splice acceptor site caused in contrast much deeper drop (Fig. 4B). Similarly puzzling
results of the mutations shown in Supplementary Figure 10 (mutant4 should have been close to parental control
if one expects that the changes were not to be affecting splicing).
The absolute position of the experimentally mapped region (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents): 577-656
The underlying nucleic acid sequence and structure of the mapped region:
Rendering structure of NRF mRNA 80 nt long with energy of 4.90 kcal/mol as calculated by RNAeval using VARNA Java applet with some IRESite improvements (see VARNA modified by IRESite). Hold left mouse button to move structure parts, hold right mouse button to move whole structure, use mouse wheel to zoom. Right mouse-click opens a menu to export into JPG/SVG and many other options.