Allele-specific genetic interactions between Prp8 and RNA active site residues suggest a function for Prp8 at the catalytic core of the spliceosome

AUTOR(ES)

Collins, Catherine A.

FONTE

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

RESUMO

The highly conserved spliceosomal protein Prp8 is known to cross-link the critical sequences at both the 5′ (GU) and 3′ (YAG) ends of the intron. We have identified prp8 mutants with the remarkable property of suppressing exon ligation defects due to mutations in position 2 of the 5′ GU, and all positions of the 3′ YAG. The prp8 mutants also suppress mutations in position A51 of the critical ACAGAG motif in U6 snRNA, which has been observed previously to cross-link position 2 of the 5′ GU. Other mutations in the 5′ splice site, branchpoint, and neighboring residues of the U6 ACAGAG motif are not suppressed. Notably, the suppressed residues are specifically conserved from yeast to man, and from U2- to U12-dependent spliceosomes. We propose that Prp8 participates in a previously unrecognized tertiary interaction between U6 snRNA and both the 5′ and 3′ ends of the intron. This model suggests a mechanism for positioning the 3′ splice site for catalysis, and assigns a fundamental role for Prp8 in pre-mRNA splicing.

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