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A spliceosome intermediate with loosely associated tri-snRNP accumulates in the absence of Prp28 ATPase activity.

Nat Commun. 2016 Jul 05;7:11997
Carsten Boesler 1 , Norbert Rigo 1 , Maria M Anokhina 1 , Marcel J Tauchert 2 , Dmitry E Agafonov 1 , Berthold Kastner 1 , Henning Urlaub 3 , Ralf Ficner 2 , Cindy L Will 1 , Reinhard Lührmann 1
Carsten Boesler 1 , Norbert Rigo 1 , Maria M Anokhina 1 , Marcel J Tauchert 2 , Dmitry E Agafonov 1 , Berthold Kastner 1 , Henning Urlaub 3 , Ralf Ficner 2 , Cindy L Will 1 , Reinhard Lührmann 1
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  • 1 Department of Cellular Biochemistry, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
  • 2 Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, GZMB, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
  • 3 Bioanalytics Group, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany.
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The precise role of the spliceosomal DEAD-box protein Prp28 in higher eukaryotes remains unclear. We show that stable tri-snRNP association during pre-catalytic spliceosomal B complex formation is blocked by a dominant-negative hPrp28 mutant lacking ATPase activity. Complexes formed in the presence of ATPase-deficient hPrp28 represent a novel assembly intermediate, the pre-B complex, that contains U1, U2 and loosely associated tri-snRNP and is stalled before disruption of the U1/5'ss base pairing interaction, consistent with a role for hPrp28 in the latter. Pre-B and B complexes differ structurally, indicating that stable tri-snRNP integration is accompanied by substantial rearrangements in the spliceosome. Disruption of the U1/5'ss interaction alone is not sufficient to bypass the block by ATPase-deficient hPrp28, suggesting hPrp28 has an additional function at this stage of splicing. Our data provide new insights into the function of Prp28 in higher eukaryotes, and the requirements for stable tri-snRNP binding during B complex formation.