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. 2022 Apr 5;50(8):4669–4684. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac223

Figure 7.

Figure 7.

The PAZ domains of DCL5 and DCL3 proteins determines 5′ phosphate preference for dsRNA substrates. Dicing assays by (A) AtDCL3_PAZ3, (B) AtDCL3_PAZ5, (C) OsDCL3_PAZ5 and (D) OsDCL5_PAZ3 with MonoP and TriP dsRNA substrates. Left panel: Representative gel images of dicing assays by AtDCL3_PAZ3, AtDCL3_PAZ5, OsDCL3_PAZ5 and OsDCL5_PAZ3 cleaving 38-nt substrates, MonoP and TriP. Right panel: Quantification of the proportion of cleavage from the 5′ end of sense strands (15-nt bands) in the left panel. The mean values ± SD from three independent experiments are shown. AtDCL3_PAZ5 and OsDCL3_PAZ5 prefer 5′ monophosphate, while AtDCL3_PAZ3 and OsDCL5_PAZ3 do not discriminate 5′ monophosphate from triphosphate.