Abstract
Despite the highly conserved helicase core, individual DEAD-box proteins are specialized in diverse RNA metabolic processes. One mechanism that determines DEAD-box protein specificity is enzymatic regulation by other protein cofactors. In this chapter, we describe a protocol for purifying the Saccharomyces cerevisiae DEAD-box RNA helicase Dbp2 and RNA-binding protein Yra1 and subsequent analysis of helicase regulation. The experiments described here can be adapted to other RNA helicases and their purified cofactor(s).
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We thank members of the Tran lab for constructive criticism and detailed analysis of experimental methods. This work was supported by NIH grant R01GM097332 to E.J.T. and by P30 CA023168.
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Ma, W.K., Tran, E.J. (2015). Measuring Helicase Inhibition of the DEAD-Box Protein Dbp2 by Yra1. In: Boudvillain, M. (eds) RNA Remodeling Proteins. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1259. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2214-7_12
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