Structure of U2AF65 (U2AF2) RRM2 at 1.11 Angstrom ResolutionStructure of U2AF65 (U2AF2) RRM2 at 1.11 Angstrom Resolution

Structural highlights

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Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.11Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

U2AF2_HUMAN Necessary for the splicing of pre-mRNA. Induces cardiac troponin-T (TNNT2) pre-mRNA exon inclusion in muscle. Regulates the TNNT2 exon 5 inclusion through competition with MBNL1. Binds preferentially to a single-stranded structure within the polypyrimidine tract of TNNT2 intron 4 during spliceosome assembly. Required for the export of mRNA out of the nucleus, even if the mRNA is encoded by an intron-less gene. Represses the splicing of MAPT/Tau exon 10.[1] [2] [3]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Acquired point mutations of pre-mRNA splicing factors recur among cancers, leukemias, and related neoplasms. Several studies have established that somatic mutations of a U2AF1 subunit, which normally recognizes 3' splice site junctions, recur among myelodysplastic syndromes. The U2AF2 splicing factor recognizes polypyrimidine signals that precede most 3' splice sites as a heterodimer with U2AF1. In contrast with those of the well-studied U2AF1 subunit, descriptions of cancer-relevant U2AF2 mutations and their structural relationships are lacking. Here, we survey databases of cancer-associated mutations and identify recurring missense mutations in the U2AF2 gene. We determine ultra-high-resolution structures of the U2AF2 RNA recognition motifs (RRM1 and RRM2) at 1.1 A resolution and map the structural locations of the mutated U2AF2 residues. Comparison with prior, lower-resolution structures of the tandem U2AF2 RRMs in the RNA-bound and apo states reveals clusters of cancer-associated mutations at the U2AF2 RRM-RNA or apo-RRM1-RRM2 interfaces. Although the role of U2AF2 mutations in malignant transformation remains uncertain, our results show that cancer-associated mutations correlate with functionally important surfaces of the U2AF2 splicing factor.

Cancer-Associated Mutations Mapped on High-Resolution Structures of the U2AF2 RNA Recognition Motifs.,Glasser E, Agrawal AA, Jenkins JL, Kielkopf CL Biochemistry. 2017 Sep 12;56(36):4757-4761. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00551., Epub 2017 Sep 1. PMID:28850223[4]

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References

  1. Wang J, Gao QS, Wang Y, Lafyatis R, Stamm S, Andreadis A. Tau exon 10, whose missplicing causes frontotemporal dementia, is regulated by an intricate interplay of cis elements and trans factors. J Neurochem. 2004 Mar;88(5):1078-90. PMID:15009664
  2. Warf MB, Diegel JV, von Hippel PH, Berglund JA. The protein factors MBNL1 and U2AF65 bind alternative RNA structures to regulate splicing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 9;106(23):9203-8. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.0900342106. Epub 2009 May 26. PMID:19470458 doi:10.1073/pnas.0900342106
  3. Webby CJ, Wolf A, Gromak N, Dreger M, Kramer H, Kessler B, Nielsen ML, Schmitz C, Butler DS, Yates JR 3rd, Delahunty CM, Hahn P, Lengeling A, Mann M, Proudfoot NJ, Schofield CJ, Bottger A. Jmjd6 catalyses lysyl-hydroxylation of U2AF65, a protein associated with RNA splicing. Science. 2009 Jul 3;325(5936):90-3. PMID:19574390 doi:325/5936/90
  4. Glasser E, Agrawal AA, Jenkins JL, Kielkopf CL. Cancer-Associated Mutations Mapped on High-Resolution Structures of the U2AF2 RNA Recognition Motifs. Biochemistry. 2017 Sep 12;56(36):4757-4761. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00551., Epub 2017 Sep 1. PMID:28850223 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00551

5w0h, resolution 1.11Å

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