Patton J R, Habets W, van Venrooij W J, Pederson T
Cell Biology Group, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545.
Mol Cell Biol. 1989 Aug;9(8):3360-8. doi: 10.1128/mcb.9.8.3360-3368.1989.
The U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (U1 snRNP), a cofactor in pre-mRNA splicing, contains three proteins, termed 70K, A, and C, that are not present in the other spliceosome-associated snRNPs. We studied the binding of the A and C proteins to U1 RNA, using a U1 snRNP reconstitution system and an antibody-induced nuclease protection technique. Antibodies that reacted with the A and C proteins induced nuclease protection of the first two stem-loops of U1 RNA in reconstituted U1 snRNP. Detailed analysis of the antibody-induced nuclease protection patterns indicated the existence of relatively long-range protein-protein interactions in the U1 snRNP, with the 5' end of U1 RNA and its associated specific proteins interacting with proteins bound to the Sm domain near the 3' end. UV cross-linking experiments in conjunction with an A-protein-specific antibody demonstrated that the A protein bound directly to the U1 RNA rather than assembling in the U1 snRNP exclusively via protein-protein interactions. This conclusion was supported by additional experiments revealing that the A protein could bind to U1 RNA in the absence of bound 70K and Sm core proteins.
U1小核核糖核蛋白颗粒(U1 snRNP)是前体mRNA剪接中的一种辅助因子,包含三种蛋白质,分别称为70K、A和C,而其他与剪接体相关的snRNP中不存在这些蛋白质。我们使用U1 snRNP重组系统和抗体诱导的核酸酶保护技术,研究了A蛋白和C蛋白与U1 RNA的结合。与A蛋白和C蛋白反应的抗体在重组的U1 snRNP中诱导了对U1 RNA前两个茎环的核酸酶保护。对抗体诱导的核酸酶保护模式的详细分析表明,U1 snRNP中存在相对远距离的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用,U1 RNA的5'端及其相关的特定蛋白质与3'端附近与Sm结构域结合的蛋白质相互作用。结合A蛋白特异性抗体的紫外线交联实验表明,A蛋白直接与U1 RNA结合,而不是仅通过蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用组装到U1 snRNP中。其他实验表明,在没有结合的70K和Sm核心蛋白的情况下,A蛋白也能与U1 RNA结合,这一结论得到了这些实验的支持。