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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 399-411Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.12.019
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Recognition and pairing of the correct 5' and 3' splice sites (ss) of a pre-mRNA are critical events that occur early during spliceosome assembly. Little is known about the spatial organization in early spliceosomal complexes of the U1 and U2 snPNPs, which together with several non-snRNP proteins, are involved in juxtapositioning the functional sites of the pre-mRNA. To better understand the molecular mechanisms of splice-site recognition/pairing, we have examined the organization of U2 relative to U1 and pre-mRNA in spliceosomal complexes via hydroxyl-radical probing with FeBABE-tethered U2 snRNA. These studies reveal that functional sites of the pre-mRNA are located close to the 5' end of U2 both in E and A complexes. U2 is also positioned close to U1 in a defined orientation already in the E complex, and their relative spatial organization remains largely unchanged during the E to A transition.
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