scholarly journals CWC22 Connects Pre-mRNA Splicing and Exon Junction Complex Assembly

Cell Reports ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Lena Steckelberg ◽  
Volker Boehm ◽  
Agnieszka M. Gromadzka ◽  
Niels H. Gehring
2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 983-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Barbosa ◽  
Nazmul Haque ◽  
Francesca Fiorini ◽  
Charlotte Barrandon ◽  
Catherine Tomasetto ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1446-1457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janeen H. Trembley ◽  
Sawako Tatsumi ◽  
Eiji Sakashita ◽  
Pascal Loyer ◽  
Clive A. Slaughter ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Human RNPS1 was originally characterized as a pre-mRNA splicing activator in vitro and was shown to regulate alternative splicing in vivo. RNPS1 was also identified as a protein component of the splicing-dependent mRNP complex, or exon-exon junction complex (EJC), and a role for RNPS1 in postsplicing processes has been proposed. Here we demonstrate that RNPS1 incorporates into active spliceosomes, enhances the formation of the ATP-dependent A complex, and promotes the generation of both intermediate and final spliced products. RNPS1 is phosphorylated in vivo and interacts with the CK2 (casein kinase II) protein kinase. Serine 53 (Ser-53) of RNPS1 was identified as the major phosphorylation site for CK2 in vitro, and the same site is also phosphorylated in vivo. The phosphorylation status of Ser-53 significantly affects splicing activation in vitro, but it does not perturb the nuclear localization of RNPS1. In vivo experiments indicated that the phosphorylation of RNPS1 at Ser-53 influences the efficiencies of both splicing and translation. We propose that RNPS1 is a splicing regulator whose activator function is controlled in part by CK2 phosphorylation.


Biomolecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena P. Schlautmann ◽  
Niels H. Gehring

The exon junction complex (EJC) is an abundant messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) component that is assembled during splicing and binds to mRNAs upstream of exon-exon junctions. EJCs accompany the mRNA during its entire life in the nucleus and the cytoplasm and communicate the information about the splicing process and the position of introns. Specifically, the EJC’s core components and its associated proteins regulate different steps of gene expression, including pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA export, translation, and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). This review summarizes the most important functions and main protagonists in the life of the EJC. It also provides an overview of the latest findings on the assembly, composition and molecular activities of the EJC and presents them in the chronological order, in which they play a role in the EJC’s life cycle.


PLoS Biology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. e1000120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels H. Gehring ◽  
Styliani Lamprinaki ◽  
Matthias W. Hentze ◽  
Andreas E. Kulozik

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