title: Interaction between the human nuclear cap-binding protein complex and hnRNP F.
abstract: hnRNP F was identified in a screen for proteins that interact with human CBP80 and CBP20, the components of the nuclear cap-binding complex (CBC). In vitro interaction studies showed that hnRNP F can bind to both CBP20 and CBP80 individually. hnRNP F and CBC bind independently to RNA, but hnRNP F binds preferentially to CBC-RNA complexes rather than to naked RNA. The hnRNP H protein, which is 78% identical to hnRNP F and also interacts with both CBP80 and CBP20 in vitro, does not discriminate between naked RNA and CBC-RNA complexes, showing that this effect is specific. Depletion of hnRNP F from HeLa cell nuclear extract decreases the efficiency of pre-mRNA splicing, a defect which can be partially compensated by addition of recombinant hnRNP F. Thus, hnRNP F is required for efficient pre-mRNA splicing in vitro and may participate in the effect of CBC on pre-mRNA splicing.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gamberi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Izaurralde
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beisel
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Mattaj
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006367:HeLa Cells; D034541:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group F-H; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D039381:RNA Cap-Binding Proteins; D012315:RNA Caps / Q000378:metabolism*; D012332:RNA, Heterogeneous Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D034541:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group F-H; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D039381:RNA Cap-Binding Proteins; D012315:RNA Caps; D012332:RNA, Heterogeneous Nuclear; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins