Article
Dual roles for the Mss116 cofactor during splicing of the ai5γ group II intron.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Oct 2010
Zingler Nora, Solem Amanda, Pyle Anna Marie
Abstract excerpt
The autocatalytic group II intron ai5γ from Saccharomyces cerevisiae self-splices under high-salt conditions in vitro, but requires the assistance of the DEAD-box protein Mss116 in vivo and under near-physiological conditions in vitro. Here, we show that Mss116 influences the folding mechanism in several ways. By comparing intron precursor RNAs with long (∼300 nt) and short (∼20 nt) exons, we observe that long...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
