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Spliceosomal commitment complex Overview

GO Annotations consist of four mandatory components: a gene product, a term from one of the three Gene Ontology (GO) controlled vocabularies (Molecular Function, Biological Process, and Cellular Component), a reference, and an evidence code.


Summary
Formation of this complex is the first defined step in the yeast splicing pathway and is responsible for intron recognition, which targets pre-mRNA to the splicing pathway. Binding of the 5-prime end of U1 snRNP (CPX-23) to the 5-prime splice site through base-pairing forms first a basal complex only dependent on a 5-prime splice site (CC1) and then a more stable second complex dependent on a branchpoint as well as a 5-prime splice site region (CC2). Interactions between the BBP-MUD2 branchpoint-binding complex (CPX-1417) and the U1 snRNP protein PRP40 (P33203) defines a bridge between the two ends of the intron. PRP5 may interact with U1 snRNP and other proteins to bridge the 5' splice site and the UACUAACA box of the pre-mRNA's branchpoint region. It may also recruit U2 snRNP (CPX-26) which binds to the intron branch site of the commitment complex to form the pre-spliceosome in an ATP dependent step.
GO Slim Terms

The yeast GO Slim terms are higher level terms that best represent the major S. cerevisiae biological processes, functions, and cellular components. The GO Slim terms listed here are the broader parent terms for the specific terms to which this gene product is annotated, and thus represent the more general processes, functions, and components in which it is involved.

RNA binding, RNA splicing, mRNA processing, nucleus, organelle