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Methods ; 125: 25-35, 2017 08 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28648680

ABSTRACT

The spliceosome is a highly dynamic mega-Dalton enzyme, formed in part by assembly of U snRNPs onto its pre-mRNA substrate transcripts. Early steps in spliceosome assembly are challenging to study biochemically and structurally due to compositional and conformational dynamics. We detail an approach to covalently and reversibly constrain or trap non-covalent pre-mRNA/protein spliceosome complexes. This approach involves engineering a single disulfide bond between a thiol-bearing cysteine sidechain and a proximal backbone phosphate of the pre-mRNA, site-specifically modified with an N-thioalkyl moiety. When distance and angle between reactants is optimal, the sidechain will react with the single N-thioalkyl to form a crosslink upon oxidation. We provide protocols detailing how this has been applied successfully to trap an 11-subunit RNA-protein assembly, the human U1 snRNP, in complex with a pre-mRNA.


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Analytic Sample Preparation Methods , Bioengineering/methods , RNA Precursors/chemical synthesis , Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear/metabolism , Spliceosomes/metabolism , Cross-Linking Reagents/chemistry , Disulfides/chemistry , Disulfides/metabolism , Humans , Oligonucleotides/chemical synthesis , Oligonucleotides/metabolism , RNA Precursors/chemistry , RNA Splicing , Ribonucleoprotein, U1 Small Nuclear/chemistry , Spliceosomes/chemistry , Staining and Labeling/methods
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