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U4 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 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
Non-coding RNA containing complex that is involved in mRNA splicing. U4 is found in a complex with U6 snRNP (the U4/6 snRNP complex, CPX-32), which is an intermediate in the assembly of the spliceosome. The spliceosome is a highly dynamic structure, assembled by sequential binding and release of the small nuclear RNAs and protein factors which removes intronic sequence from pre-mRNA. U4 dissociates from the spliceosome during the activation step. The U4/6 complex is then re-assembled in each cycle. Its function seems to be to deliver U6 to the spliceosome.
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 splicing, cellular component assembly, mRNA processing, protein-RNA complex assembly, protein-containing complex assembly, nucleus, organelle