Structural modeling of protein-RNA complexes using crosslinking of segmentally isotope-labeled RNA and MS/MS.

Dorn, G; Leitner, A; Boudet, J; Campagne, S; von Schroetter, C; Moursy, A; Aebersold, R; Allain, F H-T · Nat Methods · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) are key regulators of cellular function. We established an efficient approach, crosslinking of segmentally isotope-labeled RNA and tandem mass spectrometry (CLIR-MS/MS), to localize protein-RNA interactions simultaneously at amino acid and nucleotide resolution. The approach was tested on polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1 and U1 small nuclear RNP. Our method provides distance restraints to support integrative atomic-scale structural modeling and to gain mechanistic insights into RNP-regulated processes.

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