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Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection
U2AF65 (U2AF2) and PUF60 (PUF60) are splicing factors important for recruitment of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein to lariat branch points and selection of 3′ splice sites (3′ss). Both proteins preferentially bind uridine-rich sequences upstream of 3′ss via their RNA recognition motifs (RRMs)...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7408900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664474 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071865 |
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author | Kralovicova, Jana Borovska, Ivana Kubickova, Monika Lukavsky, Peter J. Vorechovsky, Igor |
author_facet | Kralovicova, Jana Borovska, Ivana Kubickova, Monika Lukavsky, Peter J. Vorechovsky, Igor |
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description | U2AF65 (U2AF2) and PUF60 (PUF60) are splicing factors important for recruitment of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein to lariat branch points and selection of 3′ splice sites (3′ss). Both proteins preferentially bind uridine-rich sequences upstream of 3′ss via their RNA recognition motifs (RRMs). Here, we examined 36 RRM substitutions reported in cancer patients to identify variants that alter 3′ss selection, RNA binding and protein properties. Employing PUF60- and U2AF65-dependent 3′ss previously identified by RNA-seq of depleted cells, we found that 43% (10/23) and 15% (2/13) of independent RRM mutations in U2AF65 and PUF60, respectively, conferred splicing defects. At least three RRM mutations increased skipping of internal U2AF2 (~9%, 2/23) or PUF60 (~8%, 1/13) exons, indicating that cancer-associated RRM mutations can have both cis- and trans-acting effects on splicing. We also report residues required for correct folding/stability of each protein and map functional RRM substitutions on to existing high-resolution structures of U2AF65 and PUF60. These results identify new RRM residues critical for 3′ss selection and provide relatively simple tools to detect clonal RRM mutations that enhance the mRNA isoform diversity. |
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spelling | pubmed-74089002020-08-13 Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection Kralovicova, Jana Borovska, Ivana Kubickova, Monika Lukavsky, Peter J. Vorechovsky, Igor Cancers (Basel) Article U2AF65 (U2AF2) and PUF60 (PUF60) are splicing factors important for recruitment of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein to lariat branch points and selection of 3′ splice sites (3′ss). Both proteins preferentially bind uridine-rich sequences upstream of 3′ss via their RNA recognition motifs (RRMs). Here, we examined 36 RRM substitutions reported in cancer patients to identify variants that alter 3′ss selection, RNA binding and protein properties. Employing PUF60- and U2AF65-dependent 3′ss previously identified by RNA-seq of depleted cells, we found that 43% (10/23) and 15% (2/13) of independent RRM mutations in U2AF65 and PUF60, respectively, conferred splicing defects. At least three RRM mutations increased skipping of internal U2AF2 (~9%, 2/23) or PUF60 (~8%, 1/13) exons, indicating that cancer-associated RRM mutations can have both cis- and trans-acting effects on splicing. We also report residues required for correct folding/stability of each protein and map functional RRM substitutions on to existing high-resolution structures of U2AF65 and PUF60. These results identify new RRM residues critical for 3′ss selection and provide relatively simple tools to detect clonal RRM mutations that enhance the mRNA isoform diversity. MDPI 2020-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7408900/ /pubmed/32664474 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071865 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kralovicova, Jana Borovska, Ivana Kubickova, Monika Lukavsky, Peter J. Vorechovsky, Igor Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection |
title | Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection |
title_full | Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection |
title_fullStr | Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection |
title_full_unstemmed | Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection |
title_short | Cancer-Associated Substitutions in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Reveal Residues Required for Correct Folding and 3′ Splice-Site Selection |
title_sort | cancer-associated substitutions in rna recognition motifs of puf60 and u2af65 reveal residues required for correct folding and 3′ splice-site selection |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7408900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664474 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071865 |
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