Biology:U5 spliceosomal RNA

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U5 spliceosomal RNA
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Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of U5
Identifiers
SymbolU5
RfamRF00020
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; splicing
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GO0000351 0000353 0005682 0046540
SO0000395
PDB structuresPDBe

U5 snRNA is a small nuclear RNA (snRNA) that participates in RNA splicing as a component of the spliceosome. It forms the U5 snRNP (small nuclear ribonucleoprotein) by associating with several proteins including Prp8 - the largest and most conserved protein in the spliceosome, Brr2 - a helicase required for spliceosome activation, Snu114, and the 7 Sm proteins.[1] U5 snRNA forms a coaxially-stacked series of helices that project into the active site of the spliceosome.[2][3] Loop 1, which caps this series of helices, forms 4-5 base pairs with the 5'-exon during the two chemical reactions of splicing.[4][5] This interaction appears to be especially important during step two of splicing, exon ligation.[6]

References

  1. "Biochemical and genetic analyses of the U5, U6, and U4/U6 x U5 small nuclear ribonucleoproteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae". RNA 7 (11): 1543–53. November 2001. PMID 11720284. 
  2. "The architecture of the spliceosomal U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP". Nature 523 (7558): 47–52. July 2015. doi:10.1038/nature14548. PMID 26106855. Bibcode2015Natur.523...47N. 
  3. "Structure of a yeast spliceosome at 3.6-angstrom resolution". Science 349 (6253): 1182–91. September 2015. doi:10.1126/science.aac7629. PMID 26292707. Bibcode2015Sci...349.1182Y. 
  4. "U5 snRNA interacts with exon sequences at 5' and 3' splice sites". Cell 68 (4): 743–54. February 1992. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90149-7. PMID 1739979. 
  5. "The U5 and U6 small nuclear RNAs as active site components of the spliceosome". Science 262 (5142): 1989–96. December 1993. doi:10.1126/science.8266094. PMID 8266094. Bibcode1993Sci...262.1989S. 
  6. "The invariant U5 snRNA loop 1 sequence is dispensable for the first catalytic step of pre-mRNA splicing in yeast". Cell 86 (4): 679–89. August 1996. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80140-3. PMID 8752221. 

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