Crystal structures of two Sm protein complexes and their implications for the assembly of the spliceosomal snRNPs.
The U1, U2, U4/U6, and U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs) involved in pre-mRNA splicing contain seven Sm proteins (B/B', D1, D2, D3, E, F, and G) in common, which assemble around the Sm site present in four of the major spliceosomal small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). These proteins share a ... common sequence motif in two segments, Sm1 and Sm2, separated by a short variable linker. Crystal structures of two Sm protein complexes, D3B and D1D2, show that these proteins have a common fold containing an N-terminal helix followed by a strongly bent five-stranded antiparallel beta sheet, and the D1D2 and D3B dimers superpose closely in their core regions, including the dimer interfaces. The crystal structures suggest that the seven Sm proteins could form a closed ring and the snRNAs may be bound in the positively charged central hole.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Autoantigens, Conserved Sequence, Crystallography, X-Ray, Dimerization, Macromolecular Substances, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Fragments, Protein Folding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RNA Splicing, RNA, Small Nuclear, Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear, Spliceosomes
Amino Acid Sequence, Autoantigens, Conserved Sequence, Crystallography, X-Ray, Dimerization, Macromolecular Substances, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Fragments, Protein Folding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RNA Splicing, RNA, Small Nuclear, Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear, Spliceosomes
Cell
Date: Feb. 05, 1999
PubMed ID: 10025403
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