Trigger dsRNA
1 Dicer
w
, f| | | | | | | 1 I 3‘, P | | | | | | | 1 I 3‘, P | | | | | | | I 1 3' 3’N II II II l.p 3'^-Ll i i i i Up 3' 1 1 I I I I I I lip
2
RISC
Pilili' -<
PassengGr RNA
'I I I I I I I I I I I I I + 'I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Cleaved mRNA
Figurę 31-72 A mechanism for RNA interference (RNAi). Sec the tcxt for dctails. ATP is reąuired for Diccr-catalyzcd cleavage of RNA and for RlSC-associated helicasc unwinding of double-strandcd RNA. Depending on the species. the mRNA may not be completely dcgraded.