A nuclear cap-binding complex facilitates association of U1 snRNP with the cap-proximal 5' splice site.

The mechanism by which intron-containing RNAs are recognized by the splicing machinery is only partly understood. A nuclear cap-binding complex (CBC), which specifically recognizes the monomethyl guanosine cap structure carried by RNA polymerase II transcripts, has previously been shown to play a role in pre-mRNA splicing. Using a combination of splicing complex and psoralen cross-linking analysis we demonstrate that CBC is required for efficient recognition of the 5' splice site by U1 snRNP during formation of E (early) complex on a pre-mRNA containing a single intron. However, in a pre-mRNA containing two introns, CBC is not required for splicing of the cap distal intron. In this case, the presence of an intact polypyrimidine tract in the cap-proximal intron renders splicing of the cap-distal intron independent of CBC. These results support models in which the splice sites in a pre-mRNA are originally recognized by interactions spanning exons. The defects in splicing and U1 snRNP binding caused by CBC depletion can be specifically reversed by recombinant CBC. In summary, efficient recognition of the cap-proximal 5' splice site by U1 snRNP is facilitated by CBC in what may be one of the earliest steps in pre-mRNA recognition. Data in Colot et al. (this issue) indicate that this function of CBC is conserved in humans and yeast.

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