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A day in the life of the spliceosome

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Matera, A. Gregory, Wang, Zefeng·2014·Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

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One of the most amazing findings in molecular biology was the discovery that eukaryotic genes are discontinuous, with coding DNA being interrupted by stretches of non-coding sequence. The subsequent realization that the intervening regions are removed from pre-mRNA transcripts via the activity of a common set of small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs), which assemble together with associated proteins into a complex known as the spliceosome, was equally surprising. How do cells coordinate the assembly of this molecular machine? And how does the spliceosome accurately recognize exons and introns to carry out the splicing reaction? Insights into these questions have been gained by studying the life cycle of spliceosomal snRNAs from their transcription, nuclear export and re-import to their dynamic assembly into the spliceosome. This assembly process can also affect the regulation of alternative splicing and has implications for human disease.

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  • Alternative splicing patterns are regulated by specialized pre-mRNA binding proteins that alter spliceosome assembly at specific splice sites.

    “Alternative splicing patterns (BOX 1) are regulated by specialized pre-mRNA binding proteins that alter spliceosome assembly at specific splice sites5–8”

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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”

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Authors
Matera, A. G., & Wang, Z.
Affiliations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
  • Matera, A. Gregory
  • Wang, Zefeng
Venue
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Published
2014-01-23
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
108-121
ISSN
  • 1471-0072 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-0080
OpenAlex
W2009221497
Cited by
1,074
References
203
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FWCI
8.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2014-03-11)
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Locations
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ns041617-13, 5r01gm053034-18)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA158283)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01‑GM053034)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01‑NS041617)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R21AR061640)
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 assembly, small nuclear RNA, alternative splicing, pre-mRNA splicing, intron removal, nuclear export, splicing regulation, gene expression regulation, human disease
MeSH terms
Exons, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Introns, RNA Precursors, RNA, Small Nuclear, Spliceosomes, Alternative Splicing, Multiprotein Complexes

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