Crystal structures of U6 snRNA-specific terminal uridylyltransferase.

ABSTRACT: The terminal uridylyltransferase, TUT1, builds or repairs the 3'-oligo-uridylylated tail of U6 snRNA. The 3'-oligo-uridylylated tail is the Lsm-binding site for U4/U6 di-snRNP formation and U6 snRNA recycling for pre-mRNA splicing. Here, we report crystallographic and biochemical analyses of human TUT1, which revealed the mechanisms for the specific uridylylation of the 3'-end of U6 snRNA by TUT1. The O₂ and O₄ atoms of the UTP base form hydrogen bonds with the conserved His and Asn in the catalytic pocket, respectively, and TUT1 preferentially incorporates UMP onto the 3'-end of RNAs. TUT1 recognizes the entire U6 snRNA molecule by its catalytic domains, N-terminal RNA-recognition motifs and a previously unidentified C-terminal RNA-binding domain. Each domain recogni

SUBMITTER: Yamashita S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5467268 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature