| U5 spliceosomal RNA | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of U5 | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | U5 |
| Rfam | RF00020 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Gene; snRNA; splicing |
| Domain(s) | Eukaryota |
| GO | GO:0000351 GO:0000353 GO:0005682 GO:0046540 |
| SO | SO:0000395 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
U5 snRNA is a small nuclear RNA (snRNA) that participates in RNA splicing as a component of the spliceosome. It forms the U5 snRNP (small nuclear ribonucleoprotein) by associating with several proteins including Prp8 - the largest and most conserved protein in the spliceosome, Brr2 - a helicase required for spliceosome activation, Snu114, and the 7 Sm proteins.[1] U5 snRNA forms a coaxially-stacked series of helices that project into the active site of the spliceosome.[2][3] Loop 1, which caps this series of helices, forms 4-5 base pairs with the 5'-exon during the two chemical reactions of splicing.[4][5] This interaction appears to be especially important during step two of splicing, exon ligation.[6]
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- ^ Sontheimer EJ, Steitz JA (December 1993). "The U5 and U6 small nuclear RNAs as active site components of the spliceosome". Science. 262 (5142): 1989–96. Bibcode:1993Sci...262.1989S. doi:10.1126/science.8266094. PMID 8266094.
- ^ O'Keefe RT, Norman C, Newman AJ (August 1996). "The invariant U5 snRNA loop 1 sequence is dispensable for the first catalytic step of pre-mRNA splicing in yeast". Cell. 86 (4): 679–89. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80140-3. PMID 8752221. S2CID 17484887.