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Group II intron domain 5 facilitates a trans-splicing reaction.

Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1292.

ABSTRACT

A self-splicing group II intron of yeast mitochondrial DNA (aI5g) was divided within intron domain 4 to yield two RNAs that trans-spliced in vitro with associated trans-branching of excised intron fragments. Reformation of the domain 4 secondary structure was not necessary for the trans reaction, since domain 4 sequences were shown to be dispensable. Instead, the trans reaction depended on a previously unpredicted interaction between intron domain 5, the most highly conserved region of group II introns, and another region of the RNA. Domain 5 was shown to be essential for cleavage at the 5' splice site. It stimulated that cleavage when supplied as a trans-acting RNA containing only 42 nucleotides of intron sequence. The relevance of our findings to in vivo trans-splicing mechanisms is discussed.

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