Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene

MicroRNA largely controls gene expression by attaching to messenger RNA (mRNA) in the cell cytoplasm. Instead of being promptly translated into a protein, the targeted mRNA will either be destroyed and its components recycled, or it will be retained and translated later. Choline kinase alpha (chk...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Bnisallama, Faisal Fayez Saffah
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اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: 2022
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description MicroRNA largely controls gene expression by attaching to messenger RNA (mRNA) in the cell cytoplasm. Instead of being promptly translated into a protein, the targeted mRNA will either be destroyed and its components recycled, or it will be retained and translated later. Choline kinase alpha (chka) overexpression is a clinical sign of diseased tissues and malignant cells. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are effective posttranscriptional regulators of gene. Studies by our team showed that these three miRNAs (miR-876-5p, miR-367-3p and miR-32-5p) downregulated the expression of chka gene. However, the binding sites of these miRNAs on the 3'-UTR of the chka gene have not been verified. This study aimed to mutate the binding sites of these miRNAs for subsequent verification by a luciferase assay. In this study, we performed PCR site-directed mutagenesis on the miR-367-3p (GAAGCAGAAAT ATAGTGCAATA) from nucleotides (nt) 1817-1825 binding sites in chka and miR-876-5p (GAG TGTAGCTGTG AAATCCA) binding site from nucleotides (nt) 2573-2581 binding sites and verified the mutation by DNA sequencing. In vitro work, after mutagenesis step, the PCR products were sent for sequencing, however the results were not satisfactory.
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spelling usm-583702023-05-15T02:39:56Z http://eprints.usm.my/58370/ Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene Bnisallama, Faisal Fayez Saffah QK900-989 Plant ecology MicroRNA largely controls gene expression by attaching to messenger RNA (mRNA) in the cell cytoplasm. Instead of being promptly translated into a protein, the targeted mRNA will either be destroyed and its components recycled, or it will be retained and translated later. Choline kinase alpha (chka) overexpression is a clinical sign of diseased tissues and malignant cells. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are effective posttranscriptional regulators of gene. Studies by our team showed that these three miRNAs (miR-876-5p, miR-367-3p and miR-32-5p) downregulated the expression of chka gene. However, the binding sites of these miRNAs on the 3'-UTR of the chka gene have not been verified. This study aimed to mutate the binding sites of these miRNAs for subsequent verification by a luciferase assay. In this study, we performed PCR site-directed mutagenesis on the miR-367-3p (GAAGCAGAAAT ATAGTGCAATA) from nucleotides (nt) 1817-1825 binding sites in chka and miR-876-5p (GAG TGTAGCTGTG AAATCCA) binding site from nucleotides (nt) 2573-2581 binding sites and verified the mutation by DNA sequencing. In vitro work, after mutagenesis step, the PCR products were sent for sequencing, however the results were not satisfactory. 2022-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/58370/1/Bnisallama-24%20pages.pdf Bnisallama, Faisal Fayez Saffah (2022) Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle QK900-989 Plant ecology
Bnisallama, Faisal Fayez Saffah
Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene
title Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene
title_full Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene
title_fullStr Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene
title_full_unstemmed Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene
title_short Site directed mutagenesis of miRNA binding site on the 3′-UTR of choline kinase alpha gene
title_sort site directed mutagenesis of mirna binding site on the 3 utr of choline kinase alpha gene
topic QK900-989 Plant ecology
url http://eprints.usm.my/58370/
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