Costa M, Michel F, Westhof E
Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
EMBO J. 2000 Sep 15;19(18):5007-18. doi: 10.1093/emboj/19.18.5007.
We have used chemical footprinting, kinetic dissection of reactions and comparative sequence analysis to show that in self-splicing introns belonging to subgroup IIB, the sites that bind the 5' and 3' exons are connected to one another by tertiary interactions. This unanticipated arrangement, which contrasts with the direct covalent linkage that prevails in the other major subdivision of group II (subgroup IIA), results in a unique three-dimensional architecture for the complex between the exons, their binding sites and intron domain V. A key feature of the modeled complex is the presence of several close contacts between domain V and one of the intron-exon pairings. These contacts, whose existence is supported by hydroxyl radical footprinting, provide a structural framework for the known role of domain V in catalysis and its recently demonstrated involvement in binding of the 5' exon.
我们运用化学足迹法、反应动力学剖析以及比较序列分析,以表明在属于IIB亚组的自我剪接内含子中,结合5'和3'外显子的位点通过三级相互作用彼此相连。这种意外的排列方式与II组另一主要细分(IIA亚组)中普遍存在的直接共价连接形成对比,导致外显子、它们的结合位点与内含子结构域V之间的复合物具有独特的三维结构。模拟复合物的一个关键特征是结构域V与其中一个内含子 - 外显子配对之间存在几个紧密接触。这些接触得到了羟基自由基足迹法的支持,为结构域V在催化中的已知作用及其最近证明的参与5'外显子结合提供了结构框架。