Solution structure of the donor site of a trans-splicing RNA.
Greenbaum, N.L., Radhakrishnan, I., Patel, D.J., Hirsh, D.(1996) Structure 4: 725-733
- PubMed: 8805553 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(96)00078-0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1SLO, 1SLP - PubMed Abstract: 
RNA splicing is both ubiquitous and essential for the maturation of precursor mRNA molecules in eukaryotes. The process of trans-splicing involves the transfer of a short spliced leader (SL) RNA sequence to a consensus acceptor site on a separate pre-mRNA transcript. In Caenorhabditis elegans, a majority of pre-mRNA transcripts receive the 22-nucleotide SL from the SL1 RNA. Very little is known about the various roles that RNA structures play in the complex conformational rearrangements and reactions involved in premRNA splicing.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. greenbau@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu