Splicing Factor Slt11p and Its Involvement in Formation of U2/U6 Helix II in Activation of the Yeast Spliceosome

REFERENCES

• Abovich, N., and M. Rosbash. 1997. Cross-intron bridging interactions in the yeast commitment complex are conserved in mammals. Cell 89:403–412.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Abovich, N., X. C. Liao, and M. Rosbash. 1994. The yeast MUD2 protein: an interaction with PRP11 defines a bridge between commitment complexes and U2 snRNP addition. Genes Dev. 8:843–854.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Adams, A., D. E. Gottschling, C. A. Kaiser, and T. Stearns. 1997. Methods in yeast genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y
   Google Scholar
• Brow, D. A., and R. M. Vidaver. 1995. An element in human U6 RNA destabilizes the U4/U6 spliceosomal RNA complex. RNA 1:122–131.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brys, A., and B. Schwer. 1996. Requirement of SLU7 in yeast pre-mRNA splicing is dictated by the distance between the branchpoint and the 3′ splice site. RNA 2:707–717.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Burd, C. G., and G. Dreyfuss. 1994. Conserved structures and diversity of functions of RNA-binding proteins. Science 265:615–621.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burgess, S. M., and C. Guthrie. 1993. A mechanism to enhance mRNA splicing fidelity: the RNA-dependent ATPase Prp16 governs usage of a discard pathway for aberrant lariat intermediates. Cell 73:1377–1391.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cheng, S. C., and J. Abelson. 1987. Spliceosome assembly in yeast. Genes Dev. 1:1014–1027.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Collins, C. A., and C. Guthrie. 1999. Allele-specific genetic interactions between Prp8 and RNA active site residues suggest a function for Prp8 at the catalytic core of the spliceosome. Genes Dev. 13:1970–1982.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Field, J. D., and J. D. Friesen. 1996. Functionally redundant interactions between U2 and U6 spliceosomal snRNAs. Genes Dev. 10:489–501.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ghetti, A., M. Company, and J. Abelson. 1995. Specificity of Prp24 binding to RNA: a role for Prp24 in the dynamic interaction of U4 and U6 snRNAs. RNA 1:132–145.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Jandrositz, A., and C. Guthrie. 1995. Evidence for a Prp24 binding site in U6 snRNA and in a putative intermediate in the annealing of U6 and U4 snRNAs. EMBO J. 15:820–832.
   Google Scholar
• Krämer, A.. 1996. The structure and function of proteins involved in mammalian pre-mRNA splicing. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 65:367–409.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuhn, A. N., Z. Li, and D. A. Brow. 1999. Splicing factor Prp8 governs U4/U6 unwinding during activation of the spliceosome. Mol. Cell 3:65–75.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Li, Z., and D. A. Brow. 1996. A spontaneous duplication in U6 spliceosomal RNA uncouples the early and late functions of the ACAGA element in vivo. RNA 2:879–894.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lussier, M., A. M. White, J. Sheraton, T. di Paolo, J. Treadwell, S. B. Southard, C. I. Horenstein, J. Chen-Weiner, A. F. Ram, J. C. Kapteyn, T. W. Roemer, D. H. Vo, D. C. Bondoc, J. Hall, W. W. Zhong, A. M. Sdicu, J. Davis, F. M. Klis, P. W. Robbins, and H. Bussey. 1997. Large scale identification of genes involved in cell surface biosynthesis and architecture in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 147:435–450.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luukkonen, B. G. M., and B. Séraphin. 1997. The role of branchpoint-3′ splicing site spacing and interaction between intron terminal nucleotides in 3′ splice site selection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EMBO J. 16:779–892.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Madhani, H. D., and C. Guthrie. 1994. Dynamic RNA-RNA interactions in the spliceosome. Annu. Rev. Genet. 28:1–26.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Madhani, H. D., and C. Guthrie. 1994. Randomization-selection analysis of snRNAs in vivo: evidence for a tertiary interaction in the spliceosome. Genes Dev. 8:1071–1086.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonald, W. H., R. Ohi, N. Smelkova, D. Frendewey, and K. L. Gould. 1999. Myb-related fission yeast cdc5p is a component of a 40S snRNP-containing complex and is essential for pre-mRNA splicing. Mol. Cell. Biol. 19:5352–5362.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Noble, S. M., and C. Guthrie. 1996. Identification of novel genes required for yeast pre-mRNA splicing by means of cold-sensitive mutations. Genetics 143:67–80.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Day, C. L., G. Dalbadie-McFarland, and J. Abelson. 1996. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Prp5 protein has RNA-dependent ATPase activity with specificity for U2 small nuclear RNA. J. Biol. Chem. 271:33261–33267.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Keefe, R. T., C. Norman, and A. J. Newman. 1996. The invariant U5 snRNA loop 1 sequence is dispensable for the first catalytic step of pre-mRNA splicing in yeast. Cell 86:679–689.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Portman, D. S., J. P. O'Conner, and G. Dreyfuss. 1997. YRA1, an essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene, encodes a novel nuclear protein with RNA annealing activity. RNA 3:527–537.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Query, C. C., S. A. Strobel, and P. A. Sharp. 1995. Three recognition events at the branch site adenine. EMBO J. 15:1392–1402.
   Google Scholar
• Raghunathan, P. L., and C. Guthrie. 1998. RNA unwinding in U4/U6 snRNPs requires ATP hydrolysis and the DEIH-box splicing factor Brr2. Curr. Biol. 16:847–855.
   Google Scholar
• Raghunathan, P. L., and C. Guthrie. 1998. A spliceosomal recycling factor that reanneals U4 and U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles. Science 279:857–860.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schwer, B., and C. H. Gross. 1998. Prp22, a DExH-box RNA helicase, plays two distinct roles in yeast pre-mRNA splicing. EMBO J. 17:2086–2094.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Séraphin, B., and M. Rosbash. 1989. Identification of functional U1 snRNA-pre-mRNA complexes committed to spliceosome assembly and splicing. Cell 59:349–358.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Staley, J. P., and C. Guthrie. 1998. Mechanical devices of the spliceosome: motors, clocks, springs, and things. Cell 92:315–326.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Staley, J. P., and C. Guthrie. 1999. An RNA switch at the 5′ splice site requires ATP and the DEAD box protein Prp28p. Mol. Cell 3:55–64.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tarn, W. Y., K. R. Lee, and S. C. Cheng. 1993. Yeast precursor mRNA processing protein PRP19 associates with the spliceosome concomitant with or just after dissociation of U4 small nuclear RNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:10821–10825.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Teigelkamp, S., M. McGarvey, M. Plimpton, and J. D. Beggs. 1994. The splicing factor PRP2, a putative RNA helicase, interacts directly with pre-mRNA. EMBO J. 13:888–896.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Umen, J. G., and C. Guthrie. 1995. The second catalytic step of pre-mRNA splicing. RNA 1:869–885.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wassarman, D. A., and J. A. Steitz. 1992. Interactions of small nuclear RNA's with precursor messenger RNA during in vitro splicing. Science 257:1918–1925.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wassarman, D. A., and J. A. Steitz. 1993. A base-pairing interaction between U2 and U6 small nuclear RNAs occurs in >150S complexes in HeLa cell extract: implications for the spliceosome assembly pathway. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:7139–7143.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Xu, D., S. Nouraini, D. Field, S.-J. Tang, and J. D. Friesen. 1996. An RNA-dependent ATPase associated with U2/U6 snRNAs in pre-mRNA splicing. Nature 381:709–713.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xu, D., D. J. Field, S.-J. Tang, A. Moris, B. P. Bobechko, and J. D. Friesen. 1998. Synthetic lethality of yeast slt mutations with U2 small nuclear RNA mutations suggests functional interactions between U2 and U5 snRNPs that are important for both steps of pre-mRNA splicing. Mol. Cell. Biol. 18:2055–2066.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar