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XB-ART-9842
EMBO J 2000 Dec 15;1924:6860-9. doi: 10.1093/emboj/19.24.6860.
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The spliceosome deposits multiple proteins 20-24 nucleotides upstream of mRNA exon-exon junctions.

Le Hir H, Izaurralde E, Maquat LE, Moore MJ.


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Eukaryotic mRNAs exist in vivo as ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs). The protein components of mRNPs have important functions in mRNA metabolism, including effects on subcellular localization, translational efficiency and mRNA half-life. There is accumulating evidence that pre-mRNA splicing can alter mRNP structure and thereby affect downstream mRNA metabolism. Here, we report that the spliceosome stably deposits several proteins on mRNAs, probably as a single complex of approximately 335 kDa. This complex protects 8 nucleotides of mRNA from complete RNase digestion at a conserved position 20-24 nucleotides upstream of exon-exon junctions. Splicing-dependent RNase protection of this region was observed in both HeLa cell nuclear extracts and Xenopus laevis oocyte nuclei. Immunoprecipitations revealed that five components of the complex are the splicing-associated factors SRm160, DEK and RNPS1, the mRNA-associated shuttling protein Y14 and the mRNA export factor REF. Possible functions for this complex in nucleocytoplasmic transport of spliced mRNA, as well as the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway, are discussed.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: dek rbm8a rnps1 srrm1

References [+] :
Alexiadis, The protein encoded by the proto-oncogene DEK changes the topology of chromatin and reduces the efficiency of DNA replication in a chromatin-specific manner. 2000, Pubmed