Mammalian U6 small nuclear RNA undergoes 3' end modifications within the spliceosome.
AUTOR(ES)
Tazi, J
RESUMO
Mammalian U6 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) is heterogeneous with respect to the number of 3' terminal U residues. The major form terminates with five U residues and a 2',3' cyclic phosphate. Because of the presence in HeLa cell nuclear extracts of a terminal uridylyl transferase, a minor form of U6 snRNA is elongated, producing multiple species containing up to 12 U residues. In this study we have used glycerol gradients to demonstrate that these U6 snRNA forms are assembled into U6 ribonucleoprotein (RNP), U4/U6 snRNPs, and U4/U5/U6 tri-snRNP complexes. Furthermore, glycerol gradients combined with affinity selection of biotinylated pre-mRNAs led us to show that elongated forms of U6 snRNAs enter the spliceosome and that some of these become shortened with time to a single species having the same characteristics as the major form of U6 snRNA present in mammalian nuclear extracts. We propose that this elongation-shortening process is related to the function of U6 snRNA in mammalian pre-mRNA splicing.
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