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ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2011

Contribution of base-pairing interactions between group II intron fragments during trans-splicing in vivo.

Cecilia Quiroga, Lisa Kronstad, Christine Ritlop, Audrey Filion, Benoit Cousineau

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Cecilia QuirogaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Lisa Kronstad
Christine Ritlop
Audrey Filion
Benoit Cousineau

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group II introns are mobile genetic elements that self-splice from pre-mRNA transcripts. Some fragmented group II introns found in chloroplastic and mitochondrial genomes are able to assemble and splice in trans. The Ll.LtrB group II intron from the Gram-positive bacterium Lactococcus lactis was shown to splice in trans when fragmented at various locations throughout its structure. Here we used Ll.LtrB to assess the contribution of base-pairing interactions between intron fragments during trans-splicing in vivo. By comparing closely located fragmentation sites, we show that Ll.LtrB trans-splices more efficiently when base-pairing interactions can occur between the two intron fragments. Disruptions and stepwise restorations of specific base-pairing interactions between intron fragments resulted respectively in significant reductions and recoveries of the Ll.LtrB trans-splicing efficiency. Finally, although we confirm that LtrA is an important co-factor for trans-splicing, its overexpression cannot compensate for the reduction in trans-splicing efficiency when the potential base-pairing interactions between intron fragments are disrupted. These findings demonstrate the important contribution of base-pairing interactions for the assembly of group II intron fragments during trans-splicing and rationalizes why such interactions were evolutionarily conserved in natural trans-splicing group II introns.

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Bacterial ProteinsBase PairingDNA Transposable ElementsIntronsLactococcus lactisNucleic Acid ConformationRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseRNA PrecursorsTrans-SplicingBacterial ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsLtrA protein, Lactococcus lactisLtrB protein, Lactococcus lactisRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseRNA Precursors

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PMID22033330
PMCPMC3222133

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