Article
All-Atom Simulations Elucidate the Impact of U2AF2 Cancer-Associated Mutations on Pre-mRNA Recognition.
Journal of chemical information and modeling - 26 Dec 2022
Rozza Riccardo, Saltalamacchia Andrea, Orrico Clarissa, Janoš Pavel, Magistrato Alessandra
Abstract excerpt
The U2AF2 splicing factor, made of two tandem RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) joined by a flexible linker, selects the intronic polypyrimidine sequence of premature mRNA, thus ensuring splicing fidelity. Increasing evidence links mutations of key splicing factors, including U2AF2, to a variety of cancers. Nevertheless, the impact of U2AF2 cancer-associated mutations on polypyrimidine recognition remains unclear....
Topics
- Humans
- RNA Precursors
- RNA Splicing
- RNA-Binding Proteins
- Neoplasms
- Mutation
- Splicing Factor U2AF
