title: Functional association of essential splicing factor(s) with PRP19 in a protein complex.
abstract: We have previously shown that the yeast PRP19 protein is a spliceosomal component, but is not tightly associated with small nuclear RNAs. It appears to associate with the spliceosome concomitant with or just after dissociation of the U4 small nuclear RNA during spliceosome assembly. We have found that PRP19 is associated with a protein complex in the splicing extract and that at least one of the associated components is essential for splicing. Taking advantage of the epitope tagging technique, we have isolated the PRP19-associated complex by affinity chromatography. The isolated complex is functional for complementation for the heat-inactivated prp19 mutant extract, and consists of at least seven polypeptides in addition to PRP19. At least three of these can interact directly with the PRP19 protein. We also show that the PRP19 protein itself is in an oligomeric form, which might be a prerequisite for its interaction with these proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nakang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Tarn
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012326:RNA Splicing; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017381:Spliceosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C079877:PRP19 protein, S cerevisiae; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins