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. 2009 Nov 25;36(4):593-608.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.09.040.

The evolutionarily conserved core design of the catalytic activation step of the yeast spliceosome

Patrizia Fabrizio  1 , Julia Dannenberg, Prakash Dube, Berthold Kastner, Holger Stark, Henning Urlaub, Reinhard Lührmann
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The evolutionarily conserved core design of the catalytic activation step of the yeast spliceosome

Patrizia Fabrizio et al. Mol Cell. .
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Abstract

Metazoan spliceosomes exhibit an elaborate protein composition required for canonical and alternative splicing. Thus, the minimal set of proteins essential for activation and catalysis remains elusive. We therefore purified in vitro assembled, precatalytic spliceosomal complex B, activated B(act), and step 1 complex C from the simple eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mass spectrometry revealed that yeast spliceosomes contain fewer proteins than metazoans and that each functional stage is very homogeneous. Dramatic compositional changes convert B to B(act), which is composed of approximately 40 evolutionarily conserved proteins that organize the catalytic core. Additional remodeling occurs concomitant with step 1, during which nine proteins are recruited to form complex C. The moderate number of proteins recruited to complex C will allow investigations of the chemical reactions in a fully defined system. Electron microscopy reveals high-quality images of yeast spliceosomes at defined functional stages, indicating that they are well-suited for three-dimensional structure analyses.

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