Schwer Beate
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Mol Cell. 2008 Jun 20;30(6):743-54. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.05.003.
An essential step in pre-mRNA splicing is the release of the mRNA product from the spliceosome. The DEAH box RNA helicase Prp22 catalyzes mRNA release by remodeling contacts within the spliceosome that involve the U5 snRNP. Spliceosome disassembly requires a segment of more than 13 ribonucleotides downstream of the 3' splice site. I show here by site-specific crosslinking and RNase H protection that Prp22 interacts with the mRNA downstream of the exon-exon junction prior to mRNA release. The findings support a model for Prp22-catalyzed mRNA release from the spliceosome wherein a rearrangement that accompanies the second transesterification step deposits Prp22 on the mRNA downstream of the exon-exon junction. Bound to its target RNA, the 3'-->5' helicase acts to disrupt mRNA/U5 snRNP contacts, thereby liberating the mRNA from the spliceosome.
前体mRNA剪接中的一个关键步骤是从剪接体中释放mRNA产物。DEAH盒RNA解旋酶Prp22通过重塑剪接体内涉及U5 snRNP的接触来催化mRNA释放。剪接体的解体需要在3'剪接位点下游有一段超过13个核糖核苷酸的片段。我在此通过位点特异性交联和RNase H保护表明,Prp22在mRNA释放之前与外显子-外显子连接处下游的mRNA相互作用。这些发现支持了一个Prp22催化mRNA从剪接体释放的模型,其中伴随第二次转酯反应步骤的重排将Prp22沉积在外显子-外显子连接处下游的mRNA上。与它的靶RNA结合后,3'→5'解旋酶作用于破坏mRNA/U5 snRNP接触,从而将mRNA从剪接体中释放出来。