The nucleic acid data:
IRESite Id: 401 Version: 1
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský
Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš Last change: 2008-06-20 12:56:22
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:
  end-to-end_full-length_mRNA
The mRNA/+RNA description: 
In vitro T3 run-off transcript containing 5' UTR of human BiP (nt from -219 to -3) mRNA cloned upstream of the
luciferase reporter RNA bearing a poly(A) tail.
The mRNA/+RNA sequence represented in the +DNA notation:


Credibility of mRNA sequence:
  end-to-end_sequence_completely_same_as_in_the_experiment
The name of the plasmid:
pBL-p(A)
The name of the promoter used to express this mRNA:
  T3
Description of the plasmid (facultative for promoter-less plasmid records):
Plasmid containing 5' UTR of human BiP (nt from -219 to -3) and firefly luciferase coding region (luc version of the luciferase gene) with the poly(A)tract.
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:
BiP
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:


Plasmid sequence verified (partially/completely) by IRESite (more details in Remarks):
  plasmid sequence confirmed by IRESite curators by restriction analysis + parts by PCR + sequencing
GenBank formatted file with annotated plasmid sequence hyperlinked from vector image map:
pBL-p(A).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:
FFluc
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):
  309-1964
Remarks:
IRESite notes about verification of plasmid sequence:
The complete sequence of IRES element was determined by sequencing using Fluc_seq_reverse
(AGGAACCAGGGCGTATCTC) primer.

For detailed verification of whole plasmid sequence see item IRESite Id: 413.
Citations:
Thoma C., Bergamini G., Galy B., Hundsdoerfer P., Hentze M. W. (2004) Enhancement of IRES-mediated translation of the c-myc and BiP mRNAs by the poly(A) tail is independent of intact eIF4G and PABP. Mol. Cell. 15(6):925-935
IRESs:
IRES:
Version: 0
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The IRES name:
  BiP
The functional status of IRES:
  functional
The IRES absolute position (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents):
  87-306
How IRES boundaries were determined:
experimentally_determined
The sequence of IRES region aligned to its secondary structure (if available):


Citations:
Thoma C., Bergamini G., Galy B., Hundsdoerfer P., Hentze M. W. (2004) Enhancement of IRES-mediated translation of the c-myc and BiP mRNAs by the poly(A) tail is independent of intact eIF4G and PABP. Mol. Cell. 15(6):925-935
The translation experiments:
Translation results:
IRESite Translation Id: 457
Version: 4 Last change: 2008-07-08 09:09:13
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The translation method used to study IRES function:
in vitro
The in vitro translation system:
HeLa cell lysate
The organism used for translation:
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.
pBiL-p(A)
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as negative control.
  397
The relative translation efficiency in % of the negative control:
  7.100
The effect of 5'-cap analogs on translation:
no
Rapamycin affects translation:
not tested
Type of RNA subject to translation:
  exogenous_RNA_with_ApppG_cap_with_polyA_tail
Remarks:
The translation of BiP.IRES-pA RNA is about 6-fold more efficient than the translation of the
non-polyadenylated counterpart BiP.IRES RNA (IRESite ID: 397).

Translational data are derived from Fig 1A.
Citations:
Thoma C., Bergamini G., Galy B., Hundsdoerfer P., Hentze M. W. (2004) Enhancement of IRES-mediated translation of the c-myc and BiP mRNAs by the poly(A) tail is independent of intact eIF4G and PABP. Mol. Cell. 15(6):925-935
Last change to the database: 2019-03-18 09:32:49 GMT+1