An MST-based assay reveals new binding preferences of IFIT1 for canonically and noncanonically capped RNAs

TABLE 1.

Binding affinities of IFIT1 determined by MST for cap-0 and cap-1 structures depending on the RNA sequence

KD (C.I.)/(nM)
Cap structure RNA Ia,c RNA IIa,c RNA IIIa,c RNA IVa,c Trinucleotideb
m7GpppApG  8 (1–19) 15 (8–25) 100 (60–170) 150 (90–230) 100 (60–150)
m7GpppAmpG 34 (19–59) 60 (42–84) 520 (350–770)  41 (26–70) ×102 380 (190–610) ×103
  • aConditions: 20 mM HEPES (pH 7.5), 200 mM NaCl, 0.075% Pluronic F-127, mean values from triplicate experiments with confidence intervals (C.I.).

  • bConditions: 20 mM HEPES (pH 7.5), 100 mM NaCl, 0.075% Pluronic F-127, mean values from triplicate experiments with confidence intervals (C.I.).

  • cRNA sequences are shown in Figure 3 and Supplemental Table S1.

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  1. RNA 31: 181-192