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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2001-11-03
    Description: During spliceosome assembly, splicing factor 1 (SF1) specifically recognizes the intron branch point sequence (BPS) UACUAAC in the pre-mRNA transcripts. We show that the KH-QUA2 region of SF1 defines an enlarged KH (hn RNP K) fold which is necessary and sufficient for BPS binding. The 3' part of the BPS (UAAC), including the conserved branch point adenosine (underlined), is specifically recognized in a hydrophobic cleft formed by the Gly-Pro-Arg-Gly motif and the variable loop of the KH domain. The QUA2 region recognizes the 5' nucleotides of the BPS (ACU). The branch point adenosine acting as the nucleophile in the first biochemical step of splicing is deeply buried. BPS RNA recognition suggests how SF1 may facilitate subsequent formation of the prespliceosomal complex A.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Z -- Luyten, I -- Bottomley, M J -- Messias, A C -- Houngninou-Molango, S -- Sprangers, R -- Zanier, K -- Kramer, A -- Sattler, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Nov 2;294(5544):1098-102.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11691992" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine/chemistry/metabolism ; Amino Acid Motifs ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Binding Sites ; *DNA-Binding Proteins ; Humans ; Hydrogen Bonding ; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions ; *Introns ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Folding ; Protein Structure, Secondary ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; RNA Precursors/chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/chemistry/*metabolism ; RNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Spliceosomes/metabolism ; *Transcription Factors ; Uracil/chemistry/metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2011-07-15
    Description: Many cellular functions involve multi-domain proteins, which are composed of structurally independent modules connected by flexible linkers. Although it is often well understood how a given domain recognizes a cognate oligonucleotide or peptide motif, the dynamic interaction of multiple domains in the recognition of these ligands remains to be characterized. Here we have studied the molecular mechanisms of the recognition of the 3'-splice-site-associated polypyrimidine tract RNA by the large subunit of the human U2 snRNP auxiliary factor (U2AF65) as a key early step in pre-mRNA splicing. We show that the tandem RNA recognition motif domains of U2AF65 adopt two remarkably distinct domain arrangements in the absence or presence of a strong (that is, high affinity) polypyrimidine tract. Recognition of sequence variations in the polypyrimidine tract RNA involves a population shift between these closed and open conformations. The equilibrium between the two conformations functions as a molecular rheostat that quantitatively correlates the natural variations in polypyrimidine tract nucleotide composition, length and functional strength to the efficiency to recruit U2 snRNP to the intron during spliceosome assembly. Mutations that shift the conformational equilibrium without directly affecting RNA binding modulate splicing activity accordingly. Similar mechanisms of cooperative multi-domain conformational selection may operate more generally in the recognition of degenerate nucleotide or amino acid motifs by multi-domain proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mackereth, Cameron D -- Madl, Tobias -- Bonnal, Sophie -- Simon, Bernd -- Zanier, Katia -- Gasch, Alexander -- Rybin, Vladimir -- Valcarcel, Juan -- Sattler, Michael -- England -- Nature. 2011 Jul 13;475(7356):408-11. doi: 10.1038/nature10171.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21753750" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs ; Base Sequence ; Humans ; Introns/genetics ; Ligands ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Nuclear Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Pyrimidines/metabolism ; RNA Precursors/*genetics/*metabolism ; RNA Splice Sites/genetics ; RNA Splicing/*physiology ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/*metabolism ; Ribonucleoproteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Spliceosomes/chemistry/metabolism ; Substrate Specificity
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2006-07-01
    Description: Discrimination between splice sites and similar, nonsplice sequences is essential for correct intron removal and messenger RNA formation in eukaryotes. The 65- and 35-kD subunits of the splicing factor U2AF, U2AF65 and U2AF35, recognize, respectively, the pyrimidine-rich tract and the conserved terminal AG present at metazoan 3' splice sites. We report that DEK, a chromatin- and RNA-associated protein mutated or overexpressed in certain cancers, enforces 3' splice site discrimination by U2AF. DEK phosphorylated at serines 19 and 32 associates with U2AF35, facilitates the U2AF35-AG interaction and prevents binding of U2AF65 to pyrimidine tracts not followed by AG. DEK and its phosphorylation are required for intron removal, but not for splicing complex assembly, which indicates that proofreading of early 3' splice site recognition influences catalytic activation of the spliceosome.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Soares, Luis Miguel Mendes -- Zanier, Katia -- Mackereth, Cameron -- Sattler, Michael -- Valcarcel, Juan -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Jun 30;312(5782):1961-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Centre de Regulacio Genomica, Passeig Maritim 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16809543" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone/genetics/*metabolism ; Dimerization ; Dinucleoside Phosphates/metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; *Introns ; Mutation ; Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism ; Oncogene Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Pyrimidines/metabolism ; RNA Precursors/*metabolism ; *RNA Splicing ; RNA, Messenger/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Ribonucleoprotein, U2 Small Nuclear ; Ribonucleoproteins/*metabolism ; Spliceosomes/metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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