Deletion of Swm2p selectively impairs trimethylation of snRNAs by trimethylguanosine synthase (Tgs1p)

FEBS Letters
Kum-Loong Boon, Martin Kos

Abstract

The 5' cap trimethylation of small nuclear (snRNAs) and several nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) by trimethylguanosine synthase 1 (Tgs1p) is required for efficient pre-mRNA splicing. The previously uncharacterised protein Swm2p interacted with Tgs1p in yeast two-hybrid screens. In the present study we show that Swm2p interacts with the N-terminus of Tgs1p and its deletion impairs pre-mRNA splicing and pre-rRNA processing. The trimethylation of spliceosomal snRNAs and the U3 snoRNA, but not other snoRNAs, was abolished in the absence of Swm2p, indicating that Swm2p is required for a substrate-specific activity of Tgs1p.

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Dec 30, 2014·Molecular Biology of the Cell·Sivakumar Vadivel Gnanasundram, Martin Koš
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