title: PRP4: a protein of the yeast U4/U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle.
abstract: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae prp mutants (prp2 through prp11) are known to be defective in pre-mRNA splicing at nonpermissive temperatures. We have sequenced the PRP4 gene and shown that it encodes a 52-kilodalton protein. We obtained PRP4 protein-specific antibodies and found that they inhibited in vitro pre-mRNA splicing, which confirms the essential role of PRP4 in splicing. Moreover, we found that PRP4 is required early in the spliceosome assembly pathway. Immunoprecipitation experiments with anti-PRP4 antibodies were used to demonstrate that PRP4 is a protein of the U4/U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (snRNP). Furthermore, the U5 snRNP could be immunoprecipitated through snRNP-snRNP interactions in the large U4/U5/U6 complex.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banroques
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Abelson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear