Structural highlights
Function
SLT11_YEAST Involved in pre-mRNA splicing. Facilitates the cooperative formation of U2/U6 helix II in association with stem II in the spliceosome. Binds to RNA.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The spliceosome undergoes dramatic changes in a splicing cycle. Structures of B, B(act), C, C*, and intron lariat spliceosome complexes revealed mechanisms of 5'-splice site (ss) recognition, branching, and intron release, but lacked information on 3'-ss recognition, exon ligation, and exon release. Here we report a cryo-electron microscopy structure of the postcatalytic P complex at 3.3-angstrom resolution, revealing that the 3' ss is mainly recognized through non-Watson-Crick base pairing with the 5' ss and branch point. Furthermore, one or more unidentified proteins become stably associated with the P complex, securing the 3' exon and potentially regulating activity of the helicase Prp22. Prp22 binds nucleotides 15 to 21 in the 3' exon, enabling it to pull the intron-exon or ligated exons in a 3' to 5' direction to achieve 3'-ss proofreading or exon release, respectively.
Structure of the yeast spliceosomal postcatalytic P complex.,Liu S, Li X, Zhang L, Jiang J, Hill RC, Cui Y, Hansen KC, Zhou ZH, Zhao R Science. 2017 Dec 8;358(6368):1278-1283. doi: 10.1126/science.aar3462. Epub 2017 , Nov 16. PMID:29146870[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Xu D, Friesen JD. Splicing factor slt11p and its involvement in formation of U2/U6 helix II in activation of the yeast spliceosome. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Feb;21(4):1011-23. PMID:11158289 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.21.4.1011-1023.2001
- ↑ Xu D, Field DJ, Tang SJ, Moris A, Bobechko BP, Friesen JD. Synthetic lethality of yeast slt mutations with U2 small nuclear RNA mutations suggests functional interactions between U2 and U5 snRNPs that are important for both steps of pre-mRNA splicing. Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Apr;18(4):2055-66. PMID:9528778
- ↑ Liu S, Li X, Zhang L, Jiang J, Hill RC, Cui Y, Hansen KC, Zhou ZH, Zhao R. Structure of the yeast spliceosomal postcatalytic P complex. Science. 2017 Dec 8;358(6368):1278-1283. doi: 10.1126/science.aar3462. Epub 2017 , Nov 16. PMID:29146870 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aar3462
