Sculpting of the spliceosomal branch site recognition motif by a conserved pseudouridine

@article{Newby2002SculptingOT,
  title={Sculpting of the spliceosomal branch site recognition motif by a conserved pseudouridine},
  author={Meredith I. Newby and Nancy L. Greenbaum},
  journal={Nature Structural Biology},
  year={2002},
  volume={9},
  pages={958-965}
}
Pairing of a consensus sequence of the precursor (pre)-mRNA intron with a short region of the U2 small nuclear (sn)RNA during assembly of the eukaryotic spliceosome results in formation of a complementary helix of seven base pairs with a single unpaired adenosine residue. The 2′ OH of this adenosine, called the branch site, brings about nucleophilic attack at the pre-mRNA 5′ splice site in the first step of splicing. Another feature of this pairing is the phylogenetic conservation of a… 
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