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The Spliceosome: Design Principles of a Dynamic RNP Machine

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Wahl, Markus C., Will, Cindy L., Lührmann, Reinhard·2009·Cell

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Ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) mediate key cellular functions such as gene expression and its regulation. Whereas most RNP enzymes are stable in composition and harbor preformed active sites, the spliceosome, which removes noncoding introns from precursor messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs), follows fundamentally different strategies. In order to provide both accuracy to the recognition of reactive splice sites in the pre-mRNA and flexibility to the choice of splice sites during alternative splicing, the spliceosome exhibits exceptional compositional and structural dynamics that are exploited during substrate-dependent complex assembly, catalytic activation, and active site remodeling.

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  • U2 snRNA binds to the branch point during spliceosome assembly and then forms base pairs with U6 snRNA to become a key portion of the spliceosome catalytic centre for all major class introns.

    “U2 snRNA binds to the branch point during spliceosome assembly and then forms base pairs with the U6 snRNA to become a key portion of the spliceosome catalytic centre for all major class introns6,8,183,184”

    From The neurogenetics of alternative splicing (2016) · cites this paper as [183]

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Authors
Wahl, M. C., Will, C. L., & Lührmann, R.
Affiliations
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Wahl, Markus C.
  • Will, Cindy L.
  • Lührmann, Reinhard
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-02
Volume
136
Issue
4
Pages
701-718
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2143350291
Cited by
2,665
References
141
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA regulation and disease
Keywords
spliceosome, ribonucleoprotein, pre-mRNA splicing, intron removal, alternative splicing, splice site recognition, complex assembly, catalytic activation, RNA-protein interactions, structural dynamics
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Ribonucleoproteins, RNA Splicing, Spliceosomes, RNA Splice Sites

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