Selection of cryptic 5′ splice sites by group II intron RNAsin vitro
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 16 (15) , 7383-7395
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/16.15.7383
Abstract
Recognition of 5' splice points by group I and group II self-splicing introns involves the interaction of exon sequences--directly preceding the 5' splice site--with intronic sequence elements. We show here that the exon binding sequences (EBS) of group II intron aI5c can accept various substitutes of the authentic intron binding sites (IBS) provided in cis or in trans. The efficiency of cleavages at these cryptic 5' splice sites was enhanced by deletion of the authentic IBS2 element. All cryptic 5' cleavage sites studied here were preceded by an IBS1 like sequence; indicating that the IBS1/EBS1 pairing alone is sufficient for proper 5' splice site selection by the intronic EBS element. The results are discussed in terms of minimal requirements for 5' cleavages and position effects of IBS sites relative to the intron.Keywords
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