U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle-specific proteins interact with the first and second stem-loops of U1 RNA, with the A protein binding directly to the RNA independently of the 70K and Sm proteins

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · Molecular and Cellular Biology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.9.8.3360· OSTI ID:5259180

Patton, J R; Habets, W; van Venrooij, W J; Pederson, T ^[1]

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1. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, A (USA)

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.

• OSTI ID: 5259180
• Journal Information: Molecular and Cellular Biology; (USA), Journal Name: Molecular and Cellular Biology; (USA) Vol. 9:8; ISSN MCEBD; ISSN 0270-7306
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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