Post-transcriptional modifications modulate conformational dynamics in human U2-U6 snRNA complex.
Post-transcriptional modifications modulate conformational dynamics in human U2-U6 snRNA complex.
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10.1261/rna.041806.113
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2014-01
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Rueda D
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Karunatilaka KS;Rueda D
From yeast to humans, all spliceosomal snRNAs share structural similarities, but higher eukaryotes contain numerous post-transcriptional modifications with undefined roles. Using single-molecule fluorescence we show that several post-transcriptional modifications in human U2 snRNA modulate the dynamic equilibrium of a model U2–U6 complex by stabilizing the four-helix structure. The small magnitude of this effect, however, suggests a primary role in specific RNA–protein interaction mediation in vivo. The spliceosome catalyzes precursor-mRNA splicing in all eukaryotes. It consists of over 100 proteins and five small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs), including U2 and U6 snRNAs, which are essential for catalysis. Human and yeast snRNAs share structural similarities despite the fact that human snRNAs contain numerous post-transcriptional modifications. Although functions for these modifications have been proposed, their exact roles are still not well understood. To help elucidate these roles in pre-mRNA splicing, we have used single-molecule fluorescence to characterize the effect of several post-transcriptional modifications in U2 snRNA on the conformation and dynamics of the U2–U6 complex in vitro. Consistent with yeast, the human U2–U6 complex reveals the presence of a magnesium-dependent dynamic equilibrium among three conformations. Interestingly, our data show that modifications in human U2 stem I modulate the dynamic equilibrium of the U2–U6 complex by stabilizing the four-helix structure. However, the small magnitude of this effect suggests that post-transcriptional modifications in human snRNAs may have a primary role in the mediation of specific RNA–protein interactions in vivo.
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DOI:
10.1039/978184973251200235
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2011-01-01
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