Structural Basis for the Molecular Recognition between Human Splicing Factors U2AF65 and SF1/mBBP

• Autores: Goran Gregorovic, Remco Sprangers, Philipp Selenko
• Localización: Molecular cell, ISSN 1097-2765, Vol. 12, Nº 4, 2003, pág. 965
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The essential splicing factors SF1 and U2AF play an important role in the recognition of the pre-mRNA 3′ splice site during early spliceosome assembly. The structure of the C-terminal RRM (RRM3) of human U2AF65 complexed to an N-terminal peptide of SF1 reveals an extended negatively charged helix A and an additional helix C. Helix C shields the potential RNA binding surface. SF1 binds to the opposite, helical face of RRM3. It inserts a conserved tryptophan into a hydrophobic pocket between helices A and B in a way that strikingly resembles part of the molecular interface in the U2AF heterodimer. This molecular recognition establishes a paradigm for protein binding by a subfamily of noncanonical RRMs.