Figure 4.
Effects of RNA mutations on RNA binding to BsHfq. (A) Mutant RNA sequences (bold type) constructed for UV cross-linking analysis. Tag sequence was added to 3′- and 5′-ends of RNA (italic) for in vitro transcription. AG repeat sequence is underlined. (B) UV cross-linking analysis of mutant RNA binding to BsHfq. 32P-RNA (50 000 cpm) was incubated with 8.3 pmol of BsHfq-His and then loaded on gels. Lanes 1 and 5, BsHfq–His and 49R; lanes 2–4, BsHfq–His and mutants with GA(s) in AG repeat sequence replaced by CC(s) (49R-mt1, 49R-mt2 and 49R-mt3); lanes 6–9, BsHfq–His with mutants in which G in AG repeat sequence was replaced by U/A/C/GG (49R-U, 49R-A, 49R-C and 49R-GG).