Abstract
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) regulate all aspects of RNA metabolism. The ability to identify RNA targets bound by RBPs is critical for understanding RBP function. While powerful techniques are available to identify binding sites of individual RBPs at high resolution, it remains challenging to unravel binding sites of multicomponent ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) where multiple RBPs or proteins function cooperatively to bind to target RNAs. To fill this gap, we have previously developed RNA Immunoprecipitation in Tandem followed by high-throughput sequencing (RIPiT-seq) to characterize RNA targets of compositionally distinct RNP complexes by sequentially immunoprecipitating two proteins from the same RNP and sequencing the co-purifying RNA footprints. Here, we provide an updated and improved protocol for RIPiT-seq. In this protocol, we have used CRISPR-Cas9 to introduce affinity tag to endogenous protein of interest to capture a more representative state of an RNP complex. We present a modified protocol for library preparation for high-throughput sequencing so that it exclusively uses equipment and reagents available in a standard molecular biology lab. This updated custom library preparation protocol is compatible with commercial PCR multiplexing systems for Illumina sequencing platform for simultaneous and cost-effective analysis of large number of samples.
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