The identification and characterization of a novel splicing protein, Isy1p, of Saccharomyces cerevisiae - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

The identification and characterization of a novel splicing protein, Isy1p, of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

I Dix et al. RNA. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

We have identified a novel splicing factor, Isy1p, through two-hybrid screens for interacting proteins involved in nuclear pre-mRNA splicing. Isy1p was tagged and demonstrated to be part of the splicing machinery, associated with spliceosomes throughout the splicing reactions. At least a portion of the Isy1 protein population is associated with snRNAs; low levels of U5 and U6 snRNAs are coimmunoprecipitated specifically with Isy1p. When the ISY1 gene was knocked out, no defect in vegetative growth was observed. Using a sensitive in vivo splicing assay, however, we observed lower splicing efficiency in the isy1 null mutant compared to wild-type, indicating that Isy1 p is important in the optimization of splicing.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. EMBO J. 1984 May;3(5):1061-5 - PubMed
    1. EMBO J. 1998 Nov 2;17(21):6348-58 - PubMed
    1. J Biol Chem. 1985 Nov 25;260(27):14780-92 - PubMed
    1. Mol Cell Biol. 1987 Feb;7(2):632-8 - PubMed
    1. Genes Dev. 1989 Aug;3(8):1206-16 - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources