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. 2014 Jul;20(7):1090–1102. doi: 10.1261/rna.045005.114

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4.

RBPMS and RBPMS2 proteins bind (AC)9 and (CAC)6 repeats in electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA). (A) Synthetic RNAs representing 18-nt di- or trinucleotide repeats were radiolabeled (10 nM), incubated with 0–10 μM RBPMS recombinant protein (FLAG-HA-His6), and separated on 1% agarose gel. Binding conditions specified in Materials and Methods. The electrophoretic mobility shift observed for the (AAU)6 oligoribonucleotide (*) may not be due to RBPMS binding (see Results). We did not observe binding for (AG)9, (GGC)6, (GCC)6, A3G15, A18, C18, U18 with the same conditions (data not shown). (B) Binding specificity for recombinant RBPMS2 protein. Conditions same as in A. (C) Definition of minimal number of (AC)n repeats required for RBPMS binding. Conditions same as in A. (D) Coomassie-stained 15% SDS-PAGE indicates purity of recombinant RBPMS and RBPMS2 proteins.