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Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 1999, p. 364-375, Vol. 19, No. 1
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

CA- and Purine-Rich Elements Form a Novel Bipartite Exon Enhancer Which Governs Inclusion of the Minute Virus of Mice NS2-Specific Exon in Both Singly and Doubly Spliced mRNAs

Anand Gersappe and David J. Pintel*

Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri---Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65212

Received 18 June 1998/Returned for modification 18 August 1998/Accepted 23 September 1998

The alternatively spliced 290-nucleotide NS2-specific exon of the parvovirus minute virus of mice (MVM), which is flanked by a large intron upstream and a small intron downstream, constitutively appears both in the R1 mRNA as part of a large 5'-terminal exon (where it is translated in open reading frame 3 [ORF3]), and in the R2 mRNA as an internal exon (where it is translated in ORF2). We have identified a novel bipartite exon enhancer element, composed of CA-rich and purine-rich elements within the 5' and 3' regions of the exon, respectively, that is required to include NS2-specific exon sequences in mature spliced mRNA in vivo. These two compositionally different enhancer elements are somewhat redundant in function: either element alone can at least partially support exon inclusion. They are also interchangeable: either element can function at either position. Either a strong 3' splice site upstream (i.e., the exon 5' terminus) or a strong 5' splice site downstream (i.e., the exon 3' terminus) is sufficient to prevent skipping of the NS2-specific exon, and a functional upstream 3' splice site is required for inclusion of the NS2-specific exon as an internal exon into the mature, doubly spliced R2 mRNA. The bipartite enhancer functionally strengthens these termini: the requirement for both the CA-rich and purine-rich elements can be overcome by improvements to the polypyrimidine tract of the upstream intron 3' splice site, and the purine-rich element also supports exon inclusion mediated through the downstream 5' splice sites. In summary, a suboptimal large-intron polypyrimidine tract, sequences within the downstream small intron, and a novel bipartite exonic enhancer operate together to yield the balanced levels of R1 and R2 observed in vivo. We suggest that the unusual bipartite exonic enhancer functions to mediate proper levels of inclusion of the NS2-specific exon in both singly spliced R1 and doubly spliced R2.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri---Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212. Phone: (573) 882-3920. Fax: (573) 882-4287. E-mail: pinteld{at}missouri.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 1999, p. 364-375, Vol. 19, No. 1
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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