Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
Article Title: Cryo-EM structures reveal a conserved architecture for raiA noncoding RNA
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkag185
Figure Lengend Snippet: Structural comparison of raiA motif RNAs from Nocardioides sp. Iso805N ( Ns-raiA ) , Clostridium acetobutylicum ( Ca-raiA ), and Mogibacterium pumilum ( Mp-raiA ). Cryo-EM density map (left) and atomic model (right) of Ns-raiA ( A ), Ca-raiA ( B ), and Mp-raiA ( C ). The absence of P2 and distal P7 in Ca-raiA and Mp-raiA , and the absence of P8 in Mp-raiA are indicated by dashed lines. Sequence and secondary structure of Ca-raiA ( D ), and Mp-raiA ( E ). Black arrowheads indicate the backbone direction. Non-Watson–Crick base pairs are labeled as indicated. Insets show the schematics of J1 regions. Zoom-in views of the P1c-P2-P3a junction in Ns-raiA ( F ), and the P1c-P3a junctions in Ca-raiA ( G ) and Mp-raiA ( H ), highlighting the GAA(A) tetraloop fold, shown in the same orientation. Zoom-in views of the interface of P8 and PK1 stems in Ns-raiA ( I ) and Ca-raiA ( J ), and the PK1 stem in Mp-raiA ( K ), shown in the same orientation.
Article Snippet: RNA samples were diluted to ∼30 μM in EM buffer (20 mM HEPES–HCl, pH 7.5, 50 mM KCl, 10 mM MgCl 2 , 0.05% Igepal CA-630) before preparing cryo-EM samples.
Techniques: Comparison, Cryo-EM Sample Prep, Sequencing, Labeling