Abstract
The artificial UTP-analogue 5-bromouridine 5′-triphosphate (BrUTP) has been used to label pre-mRNAin vitro andin vivo [1, 2]. We have investigated the effect of bromouridine (BrU) in pre-mRNA on the efficiency of splicing. An adenovirus major late II construct was used to prepare four different transcripts, each containing a different amount of BrU. These four transcripts were tested in anin vitro splicing assay. We found that splicing is strongly inhibited if all uridines (U) in the transcript were substituted for BrU. Splicing was restored to some extent if 50% of the Us were replaced by BrU. The splicing efficiency returned to an almost normal level if only I out of every 10 Us was substituted for BrU. This demonstrates that only a pre-mRNA containing a small amount of BrU can be spliced normallyin vitro. Furthermore, these results strongly suggest that some Us in the adenoviral transcript, probably those at the splice sites, cannot be replaced by BrU and are therefore critical in the splicing reaction.
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Abbreviations
- BrU:
-
bromouridine
- BrUTP:
-
5-bromouridine 5′-triphosphate
- snRNP:
-
small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle
- U:
-
uridine
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Wansink, D.G., Nelissen, R.L.H. & de Jong, L. In vitro splicing of pre-mRNA containing bromouridine. Mol Biol Rep 19, 109–113 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00997156
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