Two spliceosomes can form simultaneously and independently on synthetic double-intron messenger RNA precursors.

AUTOR(ES)

Christofori, G

RESUMO

We have investigated the formation of splicing complexes in vitro on mRNA precursors (pre-mRNAs) containing two introns. Sucrose gradient sedimentation analysis revealed that the double-intron substrate becomes associated with 60S structures, which are larger than the 50S splicing complexes we previously observed with single-intron pre-mRNA precursors. We have demonstrated that the 60S complex represents the assembly of two single splicing complexes on the individual introns by conversion of the 60S double splicing complexes into single 50S spliceosomes by oligodeoxynucleotide directed RNase H cleavage of the double-intron pre-mRNAs within the middle exon. In addition, we have observed by native gel electrophoresis a transient double 'pre-splicing' complex analogous to the 35S 'pre-splicing' complex previously found with single-intron pre-mRNAs. Our results indicate that splicing complexes can form independently and simultaneously on the individual introns of multi-intron pre-mRNAs and that the assembly of these multiple spliceosomes proceeds with the same stepwise pathway observed for single-intron RNAs.

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