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9NH5

CRYO-EM STRUCTURE OF HUMAN U7 SNRNP WITH METHYLATED noncleavable H2A* SUBSTRATE PRE-MRNA (core region)

Summary for 9NH5
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb9nh5/pdb
EMDB information49161 49206 49402
DescriptorSmall nuclear ribonucleoprotein Sm D3, Symplekin, Cleavage stimulation factor subunit 3, ... (14 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsmethylated rna, 3' end processing, u7 snrnp, histone pre-mrna, rna binding protein, rna binding protein-rna complex, rna binding protein/rna
Biological sourceHomo sapiens (human)
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Total number of polymer chains13
Total formula weight438218.34
Authors
Desotell, A.,Tong, L. (deposition date: 2025-02-24, release date: 2026-01-21)
Primary citationDesotell, A.,Marzluff, W.F.,Dominski, Z.,Tong, L.
An N-terminal helix of Lsm11 stabilizes CPSF73 in U7 snRNP for histone pre-mRNA 3'-end processing.
Nucleic Acids Res., 54:-, 2026
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PubMed Abstract: The U7 snRNP (small nuclear ribonucleoprotein) is responsible for the 3'-end processing of replication-dependent histone messenger RNA precursors (pre-mRNAs). A helix in the Lsm11 N-terminal extension contacts the metallo-β-lactamase domain of the U7 snRNP endonuclease CPSF73. We mutated or deleted this helix and found that the mutant machineries had substantially reduced cleavage activity toward the pre-mRNA. Our cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) studies indicated that the helix was important for helping to hold CPSF73 in its correct position for the cleavage reaction. We also reconstituted a wild-type U7 snRNP in complex with a methylated, noncleavable pre-mRNA. We observed that CPSF73 could achieve an open conformation independent of RNA binding to its active site. Finally, we found that a previously uninterpreted EM density for a small helix at the CPSF73-CPSF100 interface belonged to the C-terminal end of CstF77, copurified from insect cells and highly conserved among CstF77 homologs. This CstF77 binding site had a small effect on the cleavage activity of U7 snRNP. Overall, our studies have revealed the importance of the conserved helix in the Lsm11 N-terminal extension for U7 snRNP, provided structural evidence that CPSF73 can achieve an open, active conformation without RNA binding in its active site, and identified a previously unknown binding site for CstF77 in CPSF100.
PubMed: 41495886
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf1442
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