7B0Y

Structure of a transcribing RNA polymerase II-U1 snRNP complex


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.60 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Structure of a transcribing RNA polymerase II-U1 snRNP complex.

Zhang, S.Aibara, S.Vos, S.M.Agafonov, D.E.Luhrmann, R.Cramer, P.

(2021) Science 371: 305-309

  • DOI: 10.1126/science.abf1870
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    7B0Y

  • PubMed Abstract: 
  • To initiate cotranscriptional splicing, RNA polymerase II (Pol II) recruits the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (U1 snRNP) to nascent precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA). Here, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of a mammalian transcribing Pol II-U1 snRNP complex ...

    To initiate cotranscriptional splicing, RNA polymerase II (Pol II) recruits the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (U1 snRNP) to nascent precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA). Here, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of a mammalian transcribing Pol II-U1 snRNP complex. The structure reveals that Pol II and U1 snRNP interact directly. This interaction positions the pre-mRNA 5' splice site near the RNA exit site of Pol II. Extension of pre-mRNA retains the 5' splice site, leading to the formation of a "growing intron loop." Loop formation may facilitate scanning of nascent pre-mRNA for the 3' splice site, functional pairing of distant intron ends, and prespliceosome assembly. Our results provide a starting point for a mechanistic analysis of cotranscriptional spliceosome assembly and the biogenesis of mRNA isoforms by alternative splicing.


    Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. patrick.cramer@mpibpc.mpg.de.



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EC: 2.7.7.6
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DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit betaB1,174Sus scrofa domesticusMutation(s): 0 
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U1 snRNAP [auth a]164Homo sapiens
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.60 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)ALTF 830-2018
H2020 Marie Curie Actions of the European Commission894862
European Research Council (ERC)882357
German Research Foundation (DFG)EXC 2067/1-390729940

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2021-01-13
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2021-01-27
    Changes: Database references