title: Interaction between PRP11 and SPP91 yeast splicing factors and characterization of a PRP9-PRP11-SPP91 complex.
abstract: Several proteins are involved in the early steps of the spliceosome assembly pathway. Protein-protein interactions have been identified between two Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast splicing factors, PRP9 and SPP91. Here it is demonstrated that protein-protein interactions occur between SPP91 and PRP11. The combination of the prp9-1 mutant and a truncated prp11 mutant exhibits a synthetic lethal phenotype, suggestive of a common biochemical defect. The PRP9 and PRP11 proteins do not interact directly, but the PRP9 and PRP11 molecules can simultaneously bind SPP91 to form a three-molecule complex. Structurally and functionally related proteins are found in mammalian cells and are associated in a single biochemical fraction. This strongly suggests that the PRP9-SPP91-PRP11 complex is a key element of the splicing machinery.
authors.affiliation: Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Legrain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapon
mesh_terms: D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D012326:RNA Splicing; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017381:Spliceosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C068835:PRP11 protein, S cerevisiae; C065574:PRP9 protein, S cerevisiae; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins