Structural highlights
Function
[RU2B_HUMAN] Involved in pre-mRNA splicing. This protein is associated with snRNP U2. It binds stem loop IV of U2 snRNA only in presence of the U2A' protein. [RU2A_HUMAN] This protein is associated with sn-RNP U2. It helps the A' protein to bind stem loop IV of U2 snRNA.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
We have determined the crystal structure at 2.4 A resolution of a ternary complex between the spliceosomal U2B"/U2A' protein complex and hairpin-loop IV of U2 small nuclear RNA. Unlike its close homologue the U1A protein, U2B" binds to its cognate RNA only in the presence of U2A', which contains leucine-rich repeats in its sequence. The concave surface of a parallel beta-sheet within the leucine-rich-repeat region of U2A' interacts with the ribonucleoprotein domain of U2B" on the surface opposite its RNA-binding surface. The basic carboxy-terminal region of U2A' interacts with the RNA stem. The crystal structure reveals how protein-protein interaction regulates RNA-binding specificity, and how replacing only a few key residues allows the U2B" and U1A proteins to discriminate between their cognate RNA hairpins by forming alternative networks of interactions.
Crystal structure of the spliceosomal U2B"-U2A' protein complex bound to a fragment of U2 small nuclear RNA.,Price SR, Evans PR, Nagai K Nature. 1998 Aug 13;394(6694):645-50. PMID:9716128[1]
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References
- ↑ Price SR, Evans PR, Nagai K. Crystal structure of the spliceosomal U2B"-U2A' protein complex bound to a fragment of U2 small nuclear RNA. Nature. 1998 Aug 13;394(6694):645-50. PMID:9716128 doi:10.1038/29234
