title: Novel RNA-Binding Proteins Isolation by the RaPID Methodology.
abstract: RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play important roles in every aspect of RNA metabolism and regulation. Their identification is a major challenge in modern biology. Only a few in vitro and in vivo methods enable the identification of RBPs associated with a particular target mRNA. However, their main limitations are the identification of RBPs in a non-cellular environment (in vitro) or the low efficiency isolation of RNA of interest (in vivo). An RNA-binding protein purification and identification (RaPID) methodology was designed to overcome these limitations in yeast and enable efficient isolation of proteins that are associated in vivo. To achieve this, the RNA of interest is tagged with MS2 loops, and co-expressed with a fusion protein of an MS2-binding protein and a streptavidin-binding protein (SBP). Cells are then subjected to crosslinking and lysed, and complexes are isolated through streptavidin beads. The proteins that co-purify with the tagged RNA can then be determined by mass spectrometry. We recently used this protocol to identify novel proteins associated with the ER-associated PMP1 mRNA. Here, we provide a detailed protocol of RaPID, and discuss some of its limitations and advantages.
authors: Faculty of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science.
authors: Nitzan
authors: N
authors: Samra
authors: Faculty of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; arava@tx.technion.ac.il.
authors: Yoav
authors: Y
authors: Arava
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005591:Chemical Fractionation / Q000379:methods; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D012313:RNA; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; C452700:streptavidin-binding peptide; D012313:RNA