Stoichiometries of U2AF35, U2AF65 and U2 snRNP reveal new early spliceosome assembly pathways.
Nucleic Acids Res
; 45(4): 2051-2067, 2017 02 28.
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ABSTRACT
The selection of 3Î splice sites (3Îss) is an essential early step in mammalian RNA splicing reactions, but the processes involved are unknown. We have used single molecule methods to test whether the major components implicated in selection, the proteins U2AF35 and U2AF65 and the U2 snRNP, are able to recognize alternative candidate sites or are restricted to one pre-specified site. In the presence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), all three components bind in a 11 stoichiometry with a 3Îss. Pre-mRNA molecules with two alternative 3Îss can be bound concurrently by two molecules of U2AF or two U2 snRNPs, so none of the components are restricted. However, concurrent occupancy inhibits splicing. Stoichiometric binding requires conditions consistent with coalescence of the 5Î and 3Î sites in a complex (I, initial), but if this cannot form the components show unrestricted and stochastic association. In the absence of ATP, when complex E forms, U2 snRNP association is unrestricted. However, if protein dephosphorylation is prevented, an I-like complex forms with stoichiometric association of U2 snRNPs and the U2 snRNA is base-paired to the pre-mRNA. Complex I differs from complex A in that the formation of complex A is associated with the loss of U2AF65 and 35.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Empalme del ARN
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Empalmosomas
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Factor de Empalme U2AF
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nucleic Acids Res
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido