(and some other important stuff) Chapter 13 RNA Splicing (and some other important stuff) 13 and 15 October, 2004
Overview Introns are removed after transcription - exons may comprise only a few percent of the primary transcript. The location of splicing is determined by splice site consensus sequences. The intron is released as a lariat structure. Splicing is carried out by a large ribonucleoprotein structure called the spliceosome. Spliceosome snRNPs use RNA base pairing to recognize splice sites. Spliceosome components assemble at the 5’ splice site (U1/U6), the Branch point (U2), and the 3’ splice site (U5). There are at lease two types of self-splicing introns. Splicing is highly regulated, including many instances of alternative splicing. Some RNAs are edited before translation. Polyadenylation is coupled to transport.
Primary transcript and spliced product hybridization suggest splicing.
Splicing
Splicing Consensus Sequences
Unusual Electrophoretic Behavior of Intron and Dependence on snRNPs
The Splicing Reaction
Structure of the Lariat Intermediate
Trans Splicing
snRNP-RNA Recognition
Splicosome Purification
Splicosome Assembly
Base pairing between U2 and branch point sequences is demonstrated by second-site suppressor studies.
4-thioU crosslinking demonstrates interactions between U6 and the 5’ splice site, U5 and the 3’ splice site.
The Spliceosome Cycle
The two-hybrid system demonstrates interactions between components of the commitment complex.
Self-Splicing Introns
Spliced and Self-splicing Introns
Alternative Splice Sites
Splicing Errors
Regulation of Alternative Splicing
Alternative Splicing
Alternative Splicing
Inhibition of Splicing
AT-AC Spliceosome
Conservation of Splicing Consenses
Exons encode protein domains.
Gene Assembly
Protein Evolution
RNA Editing
C to U deamination
Editing Mechanism
mRNA Transport
Purification of a poly-A binding protein that stimulates poly-A polymerase (PABII)
Model for polyadenylation
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