Functional Analysis of Cwc24 ZF-domain in 5' Splice Site Selection

Overview

Journal Nucleic Acids Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2019 Sep 11

PMID 31504764

Citations 1

Authors

Nan-Ying Wu

Soo-Chen Cheng

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Abstract

The essential splicing factor Cwc24 contains a zinc-finger (ZF) domain required for its function in splicing. Cwc24 binds over the 5' splice site after the spliceosome is activated, and its binding prior to Prp2-mediated spliceosome remodeling is important for proper interactions of U5 and U6 with the 5' splice site sequence and selection of the 5' splice site. Here, we show that Cwc24 transiently interacts with the 5' splice site in formation of the functional RNA catalytic core during spliceosome remodeling, and the ZF-motif is required for specific interaction of Cwc24 with the 5' splice site. Deletion of the ZF domain or mutation of the conserved ZF residues greatly weakened the association of Cwc24 with the spliceosome, and lowered the affinity and specificity of its interaction with the 5' splice site, resulting in atypical interactions of U5, U6 and Prp8 with the 5' splice site, and aberrant cleavage at the 5' splice site. Our results reveal a crucial role of the Cwc24 ZF-motif for defining 5' splice site selection in the first splicing step.

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