Stolow D T, Berget S M
Marrs McClean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Jan 15;88(2):320-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.88.2.320.
Two polypeptides of 26 and 37 kDa (designated SPP-1 and SPP-2) were identified in in vitro splicing extracts by UV crosslinking to splicing precursor RNAs. Crosslinking of both polypeptides required a functional 5' splice site but was not dependent on sequences at the 3' end of the intron. Centrifugation of extract separated the two polypeptides from major U small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), including U1 snRNPs. Both polypeptides crosslinked to precursor RNAs containing 5' splice sites in the absence of U1 RNA. Complexes containing both polypeptides also contained U1 snRNPs, suggesting that SPP-1 and SPP-2 are a part of the functional spliceosome. We propose that SPP-1 and SPP-2 are factors that participate in the recognition of 5' splice sites.
通过与剪接前体RNA进行紫外光交联,在体外剪接提取物中鉴定出了两条分子量分别为26 kDa和37 kDa的多肽(分别命名为SPP-1和SPP-2)。两条多肽的交联都需要一个功能性的5'剪接位点,但不依赖于内含子3'端的序列。提取物的离心分离将这两条多肽与包括U1 snRNP在内的主要U小核核糖核蛋白(snRNP)分离开来。在没有U1 RNA的情况下,两条多肽都与含有5'剪接位点的前体RNA发生交联。包含这两条多肽的复合物中也含有U1 snRNP,这表明SPP-1和SPP-2是功能性剪接体的一部分。我们提出,SPP-1和SPP-2是参与5'剪接位点识别的因子。