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Title:
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Recognition of atypical 5' splice sites by shifted base-pairing to U1 snRNA.
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Author:
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Roca, Xavier.; Krainer, Adrian R.
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Copyright year:
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2009 |
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Abstract:
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Accurate pre-mRNA splicing is critical for gene expression. The 5' splice site (5' ss) — the highly
diverse element at the 5' end of introns — is initially recognized via base-pairing to the 5' end of U1
small nuclear RNA (snRNA). However, many natural 5' ss have a very poor match to the consensus
sequence, and are predicted to be very weak. Using genetic suppression experiments in human cells,
we demonstrate that some atypical 5' ss are actually efficiently recognized by U1, in an alternative
base-pairing register that is shifted by one nucleotide. These atypical 5' ss are phylogenetically
widespread, and many of them are conserved. Moreover, shifted base-pairing provides an explanation
for the effect of a 5' ss mutation associated with pontocerebellar hypoplasia. The unexpected
flexibility in 5' ss/U1 base-pairing challenges an established paradigm, and has broad implications
for splice-site prediction algorithms and gene-annotation efforts in genome projects. |
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Subject:
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DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology. |
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Type:
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Journal Article |
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Series/ Journal Title:
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Nature structural and molecular Biology |
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School:
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School of Biological Sciences |
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Rights:
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© 2009 Nature Publishing Group. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, Nature Publishing Group. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1546. |
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Version:
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Accepted version |
