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  • A composite double-/single-stranded RNA-binding region in protein Prp3 supports tri-snRNP stability and splicing.

A composite double-/single-stranded RNA-binding region in protein Prp3 supports tri-snRNP stability and splicing.

eLife (2015-07-15)
Sunbin Liu, Sina Mozaffari-Jovin, Jan Wollenhaupt, Karine F Santos, Matthias Theuser, Stanislaw Dunin-Horkawicz, Patrizia Fabrizio, Janusz M Bujnicki, Reinhard Lührmann, Markus C Wahl
ABSTRACT

Prp3 is an essential U4/U6 di-snRNP-associated protein whose functions and molecular mechanisms in pre-mRNA splicing are presently poorly understood. We show by structural and biochemical analyses that Prp3 contains a bipartite U4/U6 di-snRNA-binding region comprising an expanded ferredoxin-like fold, which recognizes a 3'-overhang of U6 snRNA, and a preceding peptide, which binds U4/U6 stem II. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the single-stranded RNA-binding domain is exclusively found in Prp3 orthologs, thus qualifying as a spliceosome-specific RNA interaction module. The composite double-stranded/single-stranded RNA-binding region assembles cooperatively with Snu13 and Prp31 on U4/U6 di-snRNAs and inhibits Brr2-mediated U4/U6 di-snRNA unwinding in vitro. RNP-disrupting mutations in Prp3 lead to U4/U6•U5 tri-snRNP assembly and splicing defects in vivo. Our results reveal how Prp3 acts as an important bridge between U4/U6 and U5 in the tri-snRNP and comparison with a Prp24-U6 snRNA recycling complex suggests how Prp3 may be involved in U4/U6 reassembly after splicing.

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