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To synthesize recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy that elucidate the molecular architecture, compositional dynamics, and catalytic mechanisms of the human spliceosome compared to yeast.

February 14, 2019Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in BiologyOpen Access

Structural Insights into Nuclear pre-mRNA Splicing in Higher Eukaryotes

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To synthesize recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy that elucidate the molecular architecture, compositional dynamics, and catalytic mechanisms of the human spliceosome compared to yeast.
Reviewed near-atomic resolution structures of human and yeast spliceosomal assemblies resolved by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM).
Compared structural intermediates including snRNPs, precatalytic B, activated (Bact), and catalytic (C/C*) complexes, as well as disease-associated mutants.
Demonstrated that while the core catalytic mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing remains conserved, human spliceosomes exhibit substantially higher compositional complexity and ribonucleoprotein remodeling.
Provided structural models for helicase-mediated catalytic activation by PRP2, large-scale component rearrangements, and the structural consequences of oncogenic SF3B1 mutations.

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Structural review reveals the molecular architecture and dynamic remodeling of the human spliceosome, highlighting key mechanistic divergence from yeast.

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Kastner et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7fe254696f27308c84c9ec https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a032417

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Structural review reveals the molecular architecture and dynamic remodeling of the human spliceosome, highlighting key mechanistic divergence from yeast.

Structural Insights into Nuclear pre-mRNA Splicing in Higher Eukaryotes

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