An extended U2AF65–RNA-binding domain recognizes the 3′ splice site signal

oleh: Anant A. Agrawal, Enea Salsi, Rakesh Chatrikhi, Steven Henderson, Jermaine L. Jenkins, Michael R. Green, Dmitri N. Ermolenko, Clara L. Kielkopf

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-03-01

Deskripsi

The pre-mRNA splicing factor U2AF65 recognizes 3′ splice sites in human gene transcripts, but the details are not fully understood. Here, the authors report U2AF65 structures and single molecule FRET that reveal mechanistic insights into splice site recognition.