Reference - PMID:11252721 - Fission yeast Prp4p kinase regulates pre-mRNA splicing by phosphorylating a non-SR-splicing factor.
Reference summary
- PubMed ID
- PMID:11252721
- Title
- Fission yeast Prp4p kinase regulates pre-mRNA splicing by phosphorylating a non-SR-splicing factor.
- Authors
- Schwelnus W, Richert K, Opitz F, Gross T, Habara Y, Tani T, Käufer NF
- Citation
- EMBO Rep 2001 Jan;2(1):35-41
- Publication year
- 2001
- Abstract
- We provide evidence that Prp4p kinase activity is required for pre-mRNA splicing in vivo and show that loss of activity impairs G1-S and G2-M progression in the cell cycle. Prp4p interacts genetically with the non-SR (serine/arginine) splicing factors Prp1p and Prp5p. Bacterially produced Prp1p is phosphorylated by Prp4p in vitro. Prp4p and Prp1p also interact in the yeast two-hybrid system. In vivo labelling studies using a strain with a mutant allele of the prp4 gene in the genetic background indicate a change in phosphorylation of the Prp1p protein. These results are consistent with the notion that Prp4p kinase is involved in the control of the formation of active spliceosomes, targeting non-SR splicing factors.
