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Science 12 July 1991:
Vol. 253. no. 5016, pp. 157 - 163
DOI: 10.1126/science.1853200

Articles

Science, Vol 253, Issue 5016, 157-163
Copyright © 1991 by American Association for the Advancement of Science


articles

Messenger RNA splicing in yeast: clues to why the spliceosome is a ribonucleoprotein

C Guthrie

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

The removal of introns from eukaryotic messenger RNA precursors shares mechanistic characteristics with the self-splicing of certain introns, prompting speculation that the catalytic reactions of nuclear pre-messenger RNA splicing are fundamentally RNA-based. The participation of five small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) in splicing is now well documented. Genetic analysis in yeast has revealed the requirement, in addition, for several dozen proteins. Some of these are tightly bound to snRNAs to form small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs); such proteins may promote interactions between snRNAs or between an snRNA and the intron. Other, non-snRNP proteins appear to associate transiently with the spliceosome. Some of these factors, which include RNA-dependent adenosine triphosphatases, may promote the accurate recognition of introns.


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