Part:BBa_K313010

loading sequence of RNA phage MS2

This sequence is necessary for loading of RNA into the capsid of RNA phage MS2. The coat proteins of phage MS2 is known to aggregate around this sequence.

Please see [http://2010.igem.org/Team:UT-Tokyo/Sudoku_assay_MS2 Phage MS2] assay page.

We are SYSU-CHINA 2021 and this year we use circRNA to colocalize enzymes, which are fused to RNA binding proteins(RBP). We choose MS2 coat protein and PP7 coat protein as our RBP,and their aptamer on circRNA.For contribution, we predict its 2D and 3D structure,to present a visual impression.
Group: SYSU-CHINA 2021
Author: Zhao bingnan
Summary: the 2D and 3D sturcture and application of MS2 aptamer
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Uploads: MS2 aptamer on the circRNA scaffold.png;SYSU-CHINA circRNA-1.png;SYSU-CHINA circRNA-2.png;The principle of spite EGFP.png;MS2 binding mechanism.png

Applications of BBa_K313010

We are SYSU-CHINA 2021 and this year we use circRNA to colocalize enzymes, which are fused to RNA binding proteins(RBP). We choose MS2 coat protein and PP7 coat protein as our RBP,and their aptamer on circRNA.For contribution, we predict its 2D and 3D structure,to present a visual impression.

2D stucture

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We use RNAfold and StructureEditor to predict 2D structure of our circRNA, which contains MS2 aptamer.The results are below:

Figure 1.2D stucture predicted by RNAfold

Figure 2.2D stucture predicted by StructureEditor

3D stucture

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We use this website:http://biophy.hust.edu.cn/new/3dRNA/create, to predict the 3D structure of our circRNA, which contains MS2 aptamer.The result lists below:

Figure 3. 3D stucture of MS2 aptamer predicted by Xiaolab

MS2 binding mechanism

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Figure 4. MS2 binding mechanism

split EGFP

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We are SYSU-CHINA,and this year we use this part as MS2 coat protein's aptamer to do a split EGFP experiment,for the proof of concept.Here we found a research article, which use liner RNA with MS2 and PP7 aptamer, to do the split EGFP experiment.Below are their experimental data.

Figure 3.the principle and experimental data of split EGFP

We are SYSU-CHINA 2021.This year, we utilize circRNA as molecular scaffold to colalize enzymes, through the interaction of RNA aptamers and RNA binding proteins.For the proof of concept, we planed to perform split EGFP, which is an usual method to detect protein-protein interaction. If we can demonstrate that two EGFP fragments can be dragged to each other through the interaction between RNA aptamer and RNA binding proteins, which are linked to the fragments, then we can say that our concept can be proved. The mechanism lists below:

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<center>Figure 1.mechanism of split EGFP

EGFP splits into to part: EGFP-N and EGFP-C. EGFP-N is fused to MS2 while EGFP-C is fused to PP7, respectively. There is MS2 aptamer and PP7 aptamer on our circRNA scaffold, which have a 10nt length spacer. After the binding of two RBPs, their fused EGFP fragments can be dragged closer and form a complete EGFP. Then we can perform FCM(flow cytometry) to detect brightness. Our experiment included four groups, which are positive control(only transfected with plasmid which can express EGFP), negative control(transfected with nothing), experimental group(transfected with plasmids that can express EGFP-N-MS2 and EGFP-C-PP7 and circRNA scaffold 2), false positive group(transfected with plasmids that can express EGFP-N-MS2 and EGFP-C-PP7 but no circRNA), respectively. The results are as follows:

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Figure 2.positive control |image

Figure 3.negative control |image

Figure 3.co-transfection with circRNA scaffold |image

Figure 4.co-transfection without circRNA scaffold

Result shows that the brightness of group4 is between group1 and group2, which conforms to our design. Brightness of group3 is as low as group1, indicating that no false positive effect are interfering our result. All in all, this split EGFP proves that our circRNA scaffold do work.

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