Mechanistic insights into precursor messenger RNA splicing by the spliceosome

Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing is an essential step in the flow of
information from DNA to protein in all eukaryotes. Research over the past four decades has …

Prp8 protein: at the heart of the spliceosome

RJ Grainger, JD Beggs - Rna, 2005 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing is a central step in gene expression. Lying
between transcription and protein synthesis, pre-mRNA splicing removes sequences …

An atomic structure of the human spliceosome

X Zhang, C Yan, J Hang, LI Finci, J Lei, Y Shi - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Mechanistic understanding of pre-mRNA splicing requires detailed structural information on
various states of the spliceosome. Here we report the cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM) …

Structure of a yeast spliceosome at 3.6-angstrom resolution

C Yan, J Hang, R Wan, M Huang, CCL Wong, Y Shi - Science, 2015 - science.org
Splicing of precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) in yeast is executed by the spliceosome,
which consists of five small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs), NTC (nineteen complex) …

The architecture of the spliceosomal U4/U6. U5 tri-snRNP

THD Nguyen, WP Galej, X Bai, CG Savva, AJ Newman… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract U4/U6. U5 tri-snRNP is a 1.5-megadalton pre-assembled spliceosomal complex
comprising U5 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), extensively base-paired U4/U6 snRNAs and …

Structural basis of pre-mRNA splicing

J Hang, R Wan, C Yan, Y Shi - Science, 2015 - science.org
Splicing of precursor messenger RNA is performed by the spliceosome. In the cryogenic
electron microscopy structure of the yeast spliceosome, U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein …

Crystal structure of Prp8 reveals active site cavity of the spliceosome

WP Galej, C Oubridge, AJ Newman, K Nagai - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The active centre of the spliceosome consists of an intricate network formed by U5, U2 and
U6 small nuclear RNAs, and a pre-messenger-RNA substrate. Prp8, a component of the U5 …

Mutations in the pre-mRNA splicing factor gene PRPC8 in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP13)

AB McKie, JC McHale, TJ Keen… - Human molecular …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder characterized by
progressive degeneration of the peripheral retina leading to night blindness and loss of …

Deletion of MUD2, the yeast homolog of U2AF65, can bypass the requirement for sub2, an essential spliceosomal ATPase

AL Kistler, C Guthrie - Genes & development, 2001 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Mammalian U2AF65 and UAP56 are required for prespliceosome (PS) formation. We tested
the predictions that the yeast UAP56 homolog, SUB2, is required for the same step and …

Regulation of ceramide biosynthesis by TOR complex 2

S Aronova, K Wedaman, PA Aronov, K Fontes… - Cell metabolism, 2008 - cell.com
Ceramides and sphingoid long-chain bases (LCBs) are precursors to more complex
sphingolipids and play distinct signaling roles crucial for cell growth and survival. Conserved …