Figure 1

WTAP interacts with METTL3 and METTL14. (A) 293T cells were transfected with Flag-WTAP and Myc-METTL3 constructs as indicated. Forty-eight hours later, cells were lysed and the lysates were subjected to immunoprecipitation using anti-Myc (Myc-IP) followed by immunoblotting with the anti-Flag antibodies. (B) 293T cells were treated with control siRNA (siCTRL) or siRNA targeting WTAP (siWTAP) for 48 h. Then cells were lysed and the lysates were subjected to IP using anti-WTAP. The immunoprecipitated samples were analyzed by immunoblotting with the anti-METTL3 antibodies. (C) Purified recombinant His-WTAP proteins were mixed with either GST or GST-METTL3 proteins as indicated, pulled down with GST beads, and subjected to immunoblotting with the indicated antibodies. (D) 293T cells were co-transfected with Myc-METTL3 and Flag-WTAP full-length (-FL), N-terminal (-N) or C-terminal (-C) constructs as indicated. Forty-eight hours later, cells were lysed and the lysates were subjected to Myc-IP followed by immunoblotting with the anti-Flag antibodies. (E) 293T cells were transfected with Flag-WTAP and HA-METTL14 constructs as indicated. Forty-eight hours later cells were lysed and the lysates were subjected to HA-IP followed by immunoblotting with the anti-Flag antibodies. (F) 293T cells were co-transfected with HA-METTL14 and Flag-WTAP full-length (-FL), N-terminal (-N) or C-terminal (-C) constructs as indicated. Forty-eight hours later, cells were lysed and the lysates were subjected to HA-IP followed by immunoblotting with the anti-Flag antibodies. Supportive data were included in Supplementary Information, Figures S1 and S2.