Analysis of Mutant Phenotypes and Splicing Defects Demonstrates Functional Collaboration between the Large and Small Subunits of the Essential Splicing Factor U2AF In Vivo
AUTOR(ES)
Webb, Christopher J.
FONTE
The American Society for Cell Biology
RESUMO
The heterodimeric splicing factor U2AF plays an important role in 3′ splice site selection, but the division of labor between the two subunits in vivo remains unclear. In vitro assays led to the proposal that the human large subunit recognizes 3′ splice sites with extensive polypyrimidine tracts independently of the small subunit. We report in vivo analysis demonstrating that all five domains of spU2AFLG are essential for viability; a partial deletion of the linker region, which forms the small subunit interface, produces a severe growth defect and an aberrant morphology. A small subunit zinc-binding domain mutant confers a similar phenotype, suggesting that the heterodimer functions as a unit during splicing in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. As this is not predicted by the model for metazoan 3′ splice site recognition, we sought introns for which the spU2AFLG and spU2AFSM make distinct contributions by analyzing diverse splicing events in strains harboring mutations in each partner. Requirements for the two subunits are generally parallel and, moreover, do not correlate with the length or strength of the 3′ pyrimidine tract. These and other studies performed in fission yeast support a model for 3′ splice site recognition in which the two subunits of U2AF functionally collaborate in vivo.
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