Sequences of nucleic acids and proteins. (A)
Nucleic acid sequences of the RNA aptamers M5, M56, M69, TR-M69, and
TR-ML1, respectively. Black, initial random sequence; blue, 5′ and 3′
terminal regions for primer annealing; yellow, 5′ and 3′ stem-loop
sequences of the TR-expression cassette. (B) Secondary
structure prediction of M69 proposed by the program mfold
(26). Blue, constant 5′ and 3′ terminal regions of the RNA aptamer.
(C) Amino acid sequence of cytohesin 1. Red, C1-Sec7
domain, responsible for M69 binding; green, amino acid E157 residue
critical for ARF-GEF activity mutated in cytohesin 1(E157K).