Representative cancer-associated U2AF2 mutations alter RNA interactions and splicing.
Maji, D., Glasser, E., Henderson, S., Galardi, J., Pulvino, M.J., Jenkins, J.L., Kielkopf, C.L.(2020) J Biol Chem 295: 17148-17157
- PubMed: 33020180 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.015339
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6XLV, 6XLW, 6XLX - PubMed Abstract: 
High-throughput sequencing of hematologic malignancies and other cancers has revealed recurrent mis-sense mutations of genes encoding pre-mRNA splicing factors. The essential splicing factor U2AF2 recognizes a polypyrimidine-tract splice-site signal and initiates spliceosome assembly ...