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ArticleNature protocols2015

Selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension and mutational profiling (SHAPE-MaP) for direct, versatile and accurate RNA structure analysis.

Matthew J Smola, Greggory M Rice, Steven Busan, Nathan A Siegfried, Kevin M Weeks

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Matthew J SmolaDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Greggory M RiceDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Steven BusanDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Nathan A SiegfriedDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Kevin M WeeksDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

Structure of the HIV-1 GenomeR01AI068462 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WEEKS, KEVIN M · 2006 to 2020
$7.4M
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008570 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KUHLMAN, BRIAN A, SLEP, KEVIN C · 1995 to 2022
$5.1M
Retroviral Genomic RNA Dimer Structure and FunctionR01GM064803 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WEEKS, KEVIN M · 2002 to 2016
$3.7M
REGULATION BY COPPER OF PLASTOCYANIN AND CYTOCHROME EXPRF32GM010169 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI MERCHANT, SABEEHA · 1985 to 1986
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Abstract

Selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) chemistries exploit small electrophilic reagents that react with 2'-hydroxyl groups to interrogate RNA structure at single-nucleotide resolution. Mutational profiling (MaP) identifies modified residues by using reverse transcriptase to misread a SHAPE-modified nucleotide and then counting the resulting mutations by massively parallel sequencing. The SHAPE-MaP approach measures the structure of large and transcriptome-wide systems as accurately as can be done for simple model RNAs. This protocol describes the experimental steps, implemented over 3 d, that are required to perform SHAPE probing and to construct multiplexed SHAPE-MaP libraries suitable for deep sequencing. Automated processing of MaP sequencing data is accomplished using two software packages. ShapeMapper converts raw sequencing files into mutational profiles, creates SHAPE reactivity plots and provides useful troubleshooting information. SuperFold uses these data to model RNA secondary structures, identify regions with well-defined structures and visualize probable and alternative helices, often in under 1 d. SHAPE-MaP can be used to make nucleotide-resolution biophysical measurements of individual RNA motifs, rare components of complex RNA ensembles and entire transcriptomes.

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MutationNucleic Acid ConformationAcylationComputational BiologyModels, MolecularMolecular BiologyRNARNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA

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PMID26426499
PMCPMC4900152

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