title: Direct, sequence-specific binding of the human U1-70K ribonucleoprotein antigen protein to loop I of U1 small nuclear RNA.
abstract: We have studied the interaction of two of the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP)-specific proteins, U1-70K and U1-A, with U1 small nuclear RNA (snRNA). The U1-70K protein is a U1-specific RNA-binding protein. Deletion and mutation analyses of a beta-galactosidase/U1-70K partial fusion protein indicated that the central portion of the protein, including the RNP sequence domain, is both necessary and sufficient for specific U1 snRNA binding in vitro. The highly conserved eight-amino-acid RNP consensus sequence was found to be essential for binding. Deletion and mutation analyses of U1 snRNA showed that both the U1-70K fusion protein and the native HeLa U1-70K protein bound directly to loop I of U1 snRNA. Binding was sequence specific, requiring 8 of the 10 bases in the loop. The U1-A snRNP protein also interacted specifically with U1 snRNA, principally with stem-loop II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Surowy
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: van Santen
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Scheib-Wixted
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Spritz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011485:Protein Binding; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D001616:beta-Galactosidase