The nucleic acid data:
IRESite Id: 464 Version: 2
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský
Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš Last change: 2008-07-08 09:16:26
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:
  our_best_guess
The mRNA/+RNA description: 
In vivo CMV driven transcript produced from monocistronic plasmid pMC-delta_1 containing part of gypsy
5' UTR (nt from -511 to nt +5 of the original sequence) mRNA cloned upstream of the beta-galactosidase.
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-delta_1
The name of the promoter used to express this mRNA:
  CMV
Aliases of the plasmid name:
Alias: pMC-D1
Description of the plasmid (facultative for promoter-less plasmid records):
Plasmid containing part of gypsy 5' UTR (nt from -511 to nt +5 of the original sequence) and beta-galactosidase reporter gene.
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:
  no (not convincing)
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 organism used:
Homo sapiens 293T (ATCC CRL-1573)
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-delta_1.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):
  593-3658
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: 1 Last change: 2008-07-07 12:32:32
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The IRES name:
  gypsyD1
The functional status of IRES:
  defective
The IRES absolute position (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents):
  82-597
How IRES boundaries were determined:
experimentally_determined
The sequence of IRES region aligned to its secondary structure (if available):


Remarks:
Gypsy IRES represents part of gypsy 5' UTR (nt from -511 to nt +5 of the original sequence).
The translation experiments:
Translation results:
IRESite Translation Id: 505
Version: 1 Last change: 2008-07-07 12:29:52
Originaly submitted by: Václav Vopálenský Reviewed by: Martin Mokrejš
The translation method used to study IRES function:
in vivo
The organism used for translation:
Drosophila melanogaster SL2
The temperature (in degrees of Celsia):
25
The relative translation efficiency in % of this IRES:
  10.300
Name of IRES used as the positive control:
  gypsy_env
Name of the plasmid used as the positive control.
pMC-Env
IRESite Id of the plasmid used as positive control.
  462
The relative translation efficiency in % of the positive control:
  100.000
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:
Translational data are derived from Fig. 8.
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