最新一期的Science有一篇關於Splicing的paper
我們是做Splicing的實驗室，我當然也是要關心一下
沒想到竟然是台灣的陽明大學做的研究！
真是太驕傲啦～
具說這位博士班學生才博二～連Qualify都還沒考過呢！
我想除了他自己的努力之外～運氣還真好！
Both Catalytic Steps of Nuclear Pre-mRNA Splicing Are Reversible
Chi-Kang Tseng1,2 and Soo-Chen Cheng1,2*
Nuclear pre–messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing is an essential processing step for the production of mature mRNAs from most eukaryotic genes. Splicing is catalyzed by a large ribonucleoprotein complex, the spliceosome, which is composed of five small nuclear RNAs and more than 100 protein factors. Despite the complexity of the spliceosome, the chemistry of the splicing reaction is simple, consisting of two consecutive transesterification reactions. The presence of introns in spliceosomal RNAs of certain fungi has suggested that splicing may be reversible; however, this has never been demonstrated experimentally. By using affinity-purified spliceosomes, we have shown that both catalytic steps of splicing can be efficiently reversed under appropriate conditions. These results provide considerable insight into the catalytic flexibility of the spliceosome.
1 Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
2 Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
我們是做Splicing的實驗室，我當然也是要關心一下
沒想到竟然是台灣的陽明大學做的研究！
真是太驕傲啦～
具說這位博士班學生才博二～連Qualify都還沒考過呢！
我想除了他自己的努力之外～運氣還真好！
Both Catalytic Steps of Nuclear Pre-mRNA Splicing Are Reversible
Chi-Kang Tseng1,2 and Soo-Chen Cheng1,2*
Nuclear pre–messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing is an essential processing step for the production of mature mRNAs from most eukaryotic genes. Splicing is catalyzed by a large ribonucleoprotein complex, the spliceosome, which is composed of five small nuclear RNAs and more than 100 protein factors. Despite the complexity of the spliceosome, the chemistry of the splicing reaction is simple, consisting of two consecutive transesterification reactions. The presence of introns in spliceosomal RNAs of certain fungi has suggested that splicing may be reversible; however, this has never been demonstrated experimentally. By using affinity-purified spliceosomes, we have shown that both catalytic steps of splicing can be efficiently reversed under appropriate conditions. These results provide considerable insight into the catalytic flexibility of the spliceosome.
1 Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
2 Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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