Structural Insights into Group II Intron Catalysis and Branch-Site Selection

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<jats:p>Group II self-splicing introns catalyze autoexcision from precursor RNA transcripts by a mechanism strikingly similar to that of the spliceosome, an RNA-protein assembly responsible for splicing together the protein-coding parts of most eukaryotic pre-mRNAs. Splicing in both cases initiates via nucleophilic attack at the 5′ splice site by the 2′ OH of a conserved intron adenosine residue, creating a branched (lariat) intermediate. Here, we describe the crystal structure at 3.0 Å resolution of a 70-nucleotide RNA containing the catalytically essential domains 5 and 6 of the yeast ai5γ group II self-splicing intron, revealing an unexpected two-nucleotide bulged structure around the branch-point adenosine in domain 6.</jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 295 (5562), 2084-2088, 2002-03-15

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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