| Literature DB >> 16682775 |
E Allen Sickmier1, Katherine E Frato, Clara L Kielkopf.
Abstract
The large subunit of the essential pre-mRNA splicing factor U2 auxiliary factor (U2AF65) binds the polypyrimidine tract near the 3' splice site of pre-mRNA introns and directs the association of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (U2 snRNP) of the spliceosome with the pre-mRNA. Protein engineering, in which the flexible linker region connecting tandem RNA-recognition motifs (RRMs) within the U2AF65 RNA-binding domain was partially deleted, allowed successful crystallization of the protein-nucleic acid complex. Cocrystals of a U2AF65 variant with a deoxyuridine dodecamer diffract X-rays to 2.9 angstroms resolution and contain one complex per asymmetric unit.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16682775 PMCID: PMC2219975 DOI: 10.1107/S1744309106012504
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun ISSN: 1744-3091