Specific phosphorylation of SR proteins by mammalian DNA topoisomerase I
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 381 (6577) , 80-82
- https://doi.org/10.1038/381080a0
Abstract
Several metazoan splicing factors are characterized by ribonucleoprotein (RNP) consensus sequences and arginine-serine repeats (RS domain) which are essential for their function in splicing. These include members of the SR-protein family (SC35, SF2/ASF), the U1 small nuclear (sn) RNP protein (U1-70K) and the U2 snRNP auxiliary factor (U2AF). SR proteins are phosphorylated in vivo and the phosphorylation state of U1-70K's RS domain influences its splicing activity. Here we report the purification of a protein kinase that is specific for SR proteins and show that it is DNA topoisomerase I. This enzyme lacks a canonical ATP-binding motif but binds ATP with a dissociation constant of 50 nM. Camptothecin and derivatives, known to be specific inhibitors of DNA topoisomerase I, strongly inhibit the kinase activity in the presence of DNA and affect the phosphorylation state of SR proteins. Thus, DNA topoisomerase I may well be one of the SR protein kinases operating in vivo.Keywords
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