期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1462, 期 -, 页码 93-99出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.02.051
关键词
Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron; SMN; SMA; snRNP; Gemin
资金
- NINDS [K08NS067282, NS077010]
- Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Fred F. and Herman M. Dreier Fund at The Columbus Foundation
The SMN protein is essential and participates in the assembly of macromolecular complexes of RNA and protein in all cells. The best-characterized function of SMN is as an assembler of spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). SMN performs this function as part of a complex with several other proteins called Gemins. snRNPs are assembled in the cytoplasm in a stepwise manner and then are imported to the nucleus where they participate globally in the splicing of pre-mRNA. Mutations in the SMN1 gene result in the motor neuron disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Most of these mutations result in a reduction in the expression levels of the SMN protein, which, in turn, results in a reduction in snRNP assembly capacity. This review highlights current studies that have investigated the mechanism of SMN-dependent snRNP assembly, as well as the downstream effects on pre-mRNA splicing that result from a decrease in SMN. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled RNA-Binding Proteins. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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