| 1989 |
The mammalian homolog of yeast PRP8 (hPrp8/p220) is a component of the U4/U5/U6 snRNP complex and of purified spliceosomes, as demonstrated by gradient fractionation and immunoprecipitation with anti-PRP8 antibodies in HeLa nuclear extracts. |
Gradient fractionation, immunoprecipitation, Western blot |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
2479028
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| 1990 |
PRP8 protein maintains stable association with the spliceosome throughout both steps of the splicing reaction and is present in post-splicing complexes containing the excised intron. |
Affinity purification of spliceosomes, immunoprecipitation with anti-PRP8 antibodies |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
2138328
|
| 1990 |
A mammalian ~220 kDa protein (p220) is UV-crosslinked to pre-mRNAs under splicing conditions; anti-yeast PRP8 antibodies recognize and immunoprecipitate this UV-crosslinked protein, establishing structural conservation and direct pre-mRNA contact. |
UV-crosslinking, immunoprecipitation, Western blot with anti-PRP8 antisera |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
2139226
|
| 1991 |
Yeast PRP8 protein directly contacts pre-mRNA in an ATP-dependent, splicing-specific manner; PRP8 only crosslinks to RNA substrates competent for step 1 of splicing, not to mutant substrates with 5' splice site or branchpoint mutations. |
UV-crosslinking combined with immunoprecipitation, in vitro splicing assay |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
1945827
|
| 1991 |
A suppressor of prp8-1 (spp81) encodes a putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase (later identified as Brr2), establishing a genetic interaction between PRP8 and an RNA helicase in the splicing pathway. |
Extragenic suppressor screen, DNA sequencing, sequence homology analysis |
Nature |
Medium |
1996139
|
| 1992 |
Functional PRP8 is required for stable formation of U4/U6.U5 triple snRNP complexes and for assembly of triple snRNPs into spliceosomes; depletion of PRP8 also causes dramatic decline in U4, U5, and U6 snRNA levels. |
Genetic depletion in vivo, temperature-sensitive inactivation in protoplasts, antibody inhibition in vitro, sedimentation analysis |
The EMBO journal |
High |
1396567
|
| 1995 |
PRP8 protein directly contacts at least eight exon nucleotides at the 5' splice site prior to step 1 of splicing, and at least 13 exon nucleotides plus part of the polypyrimidine tract at the 3' splice site after step 1; these interactions are not sequence-specific. The data support a model where PRP8 stabilizes U5 snRNA interactions with both exons for alignment at the spliceosome active site. |
4-thiouridine UV-crosslinking with site-specific labeling, analysis of mutant and duplicated splice sites |
The EMBO journal |
High |
7781612
|
| 1995 |
PRP8 protein can be UV-crosslinked to pre-mRNA in PRP2-depleted spliceosomes stalled before step 1, interacts with substrate RNA fragments at the 5' splice site region and the branchpoint–3' splice site region, with the latter interaction established only after step 1 of splicing. |
UV-crosslinking combined with PRP8-specific immunoprecipitation and RNase T1 treatment |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
7885825
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| 1996 |
Mutagenesis of yeast PRP8 identifies two separable functional domains: one governing specificity of 3' splice site selection (uridine tract recognition) and one governing fidelity of 3' splice site utilization (PyAG motif recognition), implicating Prp8p in functional roles at the spliceosome active site during the second catalytic step. |
Random mutagenesis, genetic selection, allele characterization, in vivo splicing assays |
Genetics |
Medium |
8725222
|
| 1998 |
Human U5-220 kDa protein (hPrp8) forms a stable, RNA-free complex with the U5-116 kDa EF-2 homologue (Snu114), the 200 kDa RNA unwindase (Brr2), and a novel WD-40 repeat protein (U5-40 kDa); the 220 kDa protein binds simultaneously to the 40 kDa and 116 kDa proteins and probably also to the 200 kDa protein. |
Chaotropic salt dissociation of U5 snRNP, sedimentation analysis, cDNA cloning, biochemical binding analysis |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
9774689
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| 1999 |
The C-terminal region of hPrp8 (residues 1894–1898) forms a UV-induced crosslink with the conserved GU dinucleotide at the 5' splice site within spliceosomal complex B, mapping the functional interaction domain. |
UV-crosslinking, immunoprecipitation, proteolytic mapping, size comparison of crosslinked peptides |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
10024169
|
| 1999 |
Yeast Prp8 mutants can suppress mutations at position 2 of the 5' GU, all positions of the 3' YAG, and position A51 in the U6 ACAGAG motif, implying that Prp8 participates in a tertiary interaction between U6 snRNA and both splice site ends and plays a functional role at the active site of the spliceosome. |
Genetic suppressor screen, allele-specific suppression analysis, in vivo splicing assays |
Genes & development |
High |
10444595 10444596
|
| 1999 |
Mutagenesis of the yeast Prp8 region corresponding to the 5'SS:hPrp8 crosslink identifies alleles that suppress both 5' and 3' splice site mutations, placing Prp8 functional interactions with both splice sites at the later stage of splicing affecting the second catalytic step. |
Site-directed and random mutagenesis, in vivo suppression assays, combined analysis with U1 suppressor snRNA |
Genes & development |
High |
10444596
|
| 1999 |
A novel Prp8 mutation (prp8-201) suppresses the growth defect of cold-sensitive U4-cs1, which blocks U4/U6 unwinding; wild-type Prp8 triggers U4/U6 RNA unwinding only after correct 5' splice site recognition by the U6 ACAGA box, indicating Prp8 governs the timing of spliceosome activation. |
Genetic suppressor analysis, in vitro splicing assay with cold-sensitive U4-cs1 block, spliceosomal complex analysis |
Molecular cell |
Medium |
10024880
|
| 1999 |
Human Prp8 (hPrp8p) is a core component of both the major U2-dependent and the minor U12-dependent spliceosomes, the first non-Sm factor shown to be common to both spliceosomes. |
Immunoprecipitation with anti-hPrp8 antibodies, Northern blot analysis of snRNAs |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
10411133
|
| 2000 |
Large-scale suppressor screen identifies five distinct regions (a–e) of Prp8 that control spliceosome activation; two regions contact U1 snRNP (two-hybrid interaction), another mediates indirect contact; allosteric changes in Prp8 are proposed to initiate activation by disrupting U1 snRNP contacts with tri-snRNP and coordinating Brr2 and Prp24 activities. |
Large-scale genetic suppressor screen, yeast two-hybrid, analysis of genetic interactions |
Genetics |
Medium |
10924465
|
| 2001 |
Seven different missense mutations in PRPC8 (PRPF8) clustered within a 14-codon stretch at the C-terminus cause autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP13), establishing that mutations in this ubiquitous splicing factor cause retinal-specific degeneration. |
Positional cloning, direct sequencing, cosegregation analysis in multiple families |
Human molecular genetics |
High |
11468273
|
| 2001 |
Deletion of SKY1 (SRPK-family kinase) is synthetically lethal with specific prp8 alleles in a domain implicated in 3'AG recognition fidelity, and sky1 deletion suppresses 3'AG mutations, suggesting that 3' splice site AG recognition by Prp8 is subject to phosphorylation regulation. |
Genetic synthetic lethality analysis, ACT1-CUP1 splicing reporter assay, yeast genetics |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Low |
11565750
|
| 2002 |
Distinct domains of Prp8 mediate different aspects of spliceosome activation: regions a, d, and e show allele-specific genetic interactions with Prp28, Brr2 (Prp44), and U6 RNA respectively, revealing that Prp8 coordinates multiple processes including U1 snRNP release and U4/U6 unwinding. |
Allele-specific genetic interaction analysis, yeast genetics |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
12087126
|
| 2003 |
A missense mutation in PRP8 (R1753K) suppresses multiple helicase-deficient prp22 mutations, suggesting Prp8 stabilizes an RNA-protein or RNA-RNA interaction in the spliceosome that must be disrupted by Prp22's helicase activity for mRNA release. |
Extragenic suppressor screen, in vitro splicing assay, mRNA release assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
14688266
|
| 2006 |
Assembly of Snu114 into the U5 snRNP requires a functional GTPase domain and Prp8; GTPase domain mutants of Snu114 fail to interact with Prp8 or U5 snRNA and cannot assemble U5 snRNPs, whereas C-terminal truncation mutants assemble spliceosomes but block U4 snRNP release. |
snRNP and spliceosome assembly analysis in SNU114 mutant extracts, immunoprecipitation |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
16540695
|
| 2006 |
Transposon-based dissection of Prp8 establishes that catalytic core RNAs (U5, U6 snRNAs, pre-mRNA) make multiple contacts in the central region of Prp8, identifying a discrete highly conserved region as a candidate splicing cofactor. |
Transposon-based insertion mutagenesis, RNA-protein crosslinking, functional analysis |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
16431982
|
| 2007 |
The C-terminal domain of yeast Prp8p adopts a Jab1/MPN-like fold (pseudoenzyme with impaired metal-binding site) that serves as a protein-protein interaction platform; RP13-linked mutations in the C-terminal appendix weaken interactions with Brr2 and Snu114. |
X-ray crystallography, targeted yeast two-hybrid analysis, mutagenesis |
Molecular cell |
High |
17317632
|
| 2007 |
RP13 mutations in Prp8 in yeast cause nuclear accumulation of a precursor U5 snRNP that lacks Brr2, and Prp8 contains a nuclear localization signal required for efficient nuclear import of the precursor U5 snRNP; Brr2 joins U5 snRNP in the nucleus, and RP mutations disrupt the Prp8–Brr2 interaction required for this step. |
Yeast genetics, immunofluorescence, subcellular fractionation, co-immunoprecipitation |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
High |
17934474
|
| 2007 |
Opposing classes of prp8 alleles modulate the equilibrium between the first and second catalytic steps of splicing: one class suppresses first-step defects (analogous to ribosomal 'ram' mutants) and opposes previously described second-step suppressors; this transition is linked to U6 snRNA and Prp16 ATPase activity. |
Genetic characterization of prp8 alleles, genetic interaction epistasis with U6 and prp16 mutations, in vivo splicing assays |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
Medium |
17486100
|
| 2008 |
The crystal structure of the beta-finger domain of Prp8 (residues 1822–2095) reveals a beta-hairpin finger protruding from the protein; mutations throughout the beta-finger alter the equilibrium between first and second catalytic steps, while mutations at its base affect U4/U6 unwinding-mediated spliceosome activation. |
X-ray crystallography, mutagenesis, in vivo functional analysis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
18779563
|
| 2008 |
A fragment from the C-terminus of Prp8 activates Brr2-dependent U4/U6 snRNA dissociation in vitro; notably, fragments carrying RP-associated prp8 alleles do not stimulate U4/U6 unwinding activity. The same fragment also inhibits Brr2 U4/U6-dependent ATPase activity. |
In vitro U4/U6 unwinding assay, ATPase assay, recombinant protein fragments |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
High |
19098916
|
| 2008 |
Electron microscopy of the yeast tri-snRNP localizes Brr2 to a head domain, while Prp8 and Snu114 occupy a central position; the head (containing Brr2) and arm (containing U4/U6 snRNP) adopt variable relative positions, suggesting conformational dynamics relevant to spliceosome activation. |
EM projection structure of genetically tagged tri-snRNP proteins |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
Medium |
18953335
|
| 2008 |
The 1.85 Å crystal structure of PRP8 domain IV reveals a bipartite structure with an RNase H fold linked to a five-helix assembly; RNA binding studies and analysis of mutant yeast alleles in context of this structure show domain IV forms a surface interacting directly with RNA structures at the spliceosome catalytic core. |
X-ray crystallography (1.85 Å), RNA binding studies, mutant allele analysis |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
High |
18836455
|
| 2011 |
Bioinformatic and structural analysis reveals that Prp8's central conserved domain is related to the catalytic domain of reverse transcriptases (most similar to prokaryotic retroelement RTs), followed by a region analogous to maturase/X domains and a C-terminal RNaseH-like fold, suggesting Prp8 evolved by acquiring nucleic acid-binding domains from inactivated retroelements. |
Sequence analysis, structural homology analysis |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Low |
21441348
|
| 2012 |
The RNase H (RH) domain of Prp8 binds U4/U6 snRNA through the single-stranded regions preceding U4/U6 stem I; Brr2 also recognizes this same single-stranded U4 region and translocates along U4 to unwind stem I first; the Prp8 RH domain inhibits U4/U6 unwinding by blocking Brr2 loading onto U4 snRNA. |
RNA binding assays, cross-linking coupled with mass spectrometry, in vitro U4/U6 unwinding inhibition assay |
Genes & development |
High |
23124066
|
| 2013 |
The RNase H domain of PRP8 undergoes a conformational switch between the two steps of splicing, and this switch unmasks a metal-binding site involved in the second catalytic step (exon ligation); PRP8 is a metalloprotein that promotes exon ligation within the spliceosome. |
Biochemical assays, metal binding studies, analysis of prp8 alleles promoting first vs. second step |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
High |
23686287
|
| 2013 |
Crystal structure of yeast Prp8 (residues 885–2413) in complex with Aar2 reveals tightly associated domains resembling a bacterial group II intron reverse transcriptase and a type II restriction endonuclease; a large cavity formed by the reverse transcriptase thumb, endonuclease-like, and RNaseH-like domains accommodates splice-site suppressors and the intron branch-point crosslink, establishing this cavity as the active site of the spliceosome. |
X-ray crystallography of Prp8–Aar2 complex, mapping of suppressor mutations and crosslinks onto structure |
Nature |
High |
23354046
|
| 2013 |
Structural and biochemical analyses show that the Prp8 Jab1/MPN domain binds exclusively to the N-terminal helicase cassette of Brr2 and stimulates Brr2 activity; RP-associated mutations in the Jab1/MPN domain map to the Brr2 interface; Aar2 and Brr2 are mutually exclusive binders of the Jab1/MPN domain, explaining the cytoplasm-to-nucleus switch during U5 snRNP maturation. |
X-ray crystallography of Brr2–Prp8 Jab1/MPN domain complex, mutagenesis, biochemical activity assays |
Structure (London, England : 1993) |
High |
23727230
|
| 2013 |
Prp8 inserts its C-terminal tail into Brr2's RNA-binding tunnel, thereby competitively blocking Brr2's RNA-binding, ATPase, and U4/U6 unwinding activities; RP-linked Prp8 mutations that map to this tail cause inefficient Brr2 repression as their primary recognizable phenotype. |
X-ray crystallography, biochemical helicase assays (ATPase, unwinding), mutagenesis |
Science (New York, N.Y.) |
High |
23704370
|
| 2013 |
In vivo CLIP/CRAC analysis reveals that Prp8 contacts U1 and U2 snRNAs in addition to its known U5, U6, and pre-mRNA contacts; disruption of Prp8–U1 snRNA interaction reduces tri-snRNP levels in the spliceosome, revealing a role for Prp8 in spliceosomal assembly through U1 snRNA interaction. |
CLIP/CRAC with next-generation sequencing, in vivo crosslinking, functional analysis of U1 interaction mutants |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
23393194
|
| 2013 |
Prp8 contacts with nucleotides surrounding the branch-site are enhanced during step 1 catalysis (in C complex), as revealed by UV-induced crosslinking of purified yeast B(act) and C spliceosomes on site-specifically labeled pre-mRNA. |
UV-induced crosslinking of purified spliceosomal complexes with site-specifically labeled pre-mRNA |
PLoS genetics |
Medium |
26393790
|
| 2014 |
Picornaviral 3D polymerase (RdRp) enters the nucleus and associates with the C-terminal Jab1/MPN domain of Prp8, interfering with the second catalytic step of splicing and causing accumulation of lariat splicing intermediates; this disrupts pre-mRNA splicing of endogenous transcripts involved in cell growth and differentiation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain mapping, in vitro splicing assay, nuclear fractionation, identification of endogenous trapped pre-mRNAs |
PLoS pathogens |
Medium |
24968230
|
| 2014 |
PRPF8 deficiency (knockdown or hemizygous deletion) in K562 and CD34+ bone marrow cells causes missplicing defects and increased proliferative capacity; yeast models with homologous PRPF8 mutations abrogate the second-step block in splicing, suggesting the mutations impair proofreading function. |
Knockdown experiments, whole-RNA deep sequencing, yeast complementation/mutagenesis |
Leukemia |
Medium |
24781015
|
| 2015 |
PRPF8 depletion preferentially impairs splicing of introns with weak 5' splice sites across the human transcriptome, leading to mitotic arrest; iCLIP shows PRPF8 depletion decreases RNP complex formation at most splice sites, and experimental enhancement of 5' splice site strength overcomes the effects of PRPF8 depletion. |
siRNA knockdown, RNA-seq, iCLIP, minigene splicing assays |
Genome biology |
High |
26392272
|
| 2015 |
Stable tri-snRNP integration into the exon-defined complex requires interaction between Prp8 and nucleotides at the exon–intron junction (5' splice site), and this is the key trigger for the major structural rearrangement from 37S to 45S B-like complex, independent of B-specific proteins or hPrp31 phosphorylation. |
Electron microscopy, affinity purification, addition of 5'ss RNA oligonucleotides to cross-exon complexes |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
26385511
|
| 2015 |
Prp8 interacts physically with the androgen receptor (AR) via the AR nuclear export signal (NES); co-immunoprecipitation and deletion mutagenesis demonstrate Prp8-AR interaction, and Prp8 knockdown induces nuclear accumulation of AR and increases its polyubiquitination, modulating AR transcriptional activity. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, deletion mutagenesis, shRNA knockdown, rapamycin export assay, luciferase reporter assay |
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) |
Low |
26371515
|
| 2016 |
A subset of RP-linked Prp8 mutations (mapping to the hinge linking the Jab1-MPN tail to the globular domain) cause defects in the transition between the first and second catalytic steps of splicing, in addition to spliceosome activation defects; genetic analyses link Snu114 GTP/GDP occupancy to Prp8-dependent regulation of Brr2. |
Yeast genetics, in vivo and in vitro splicing reporter assays, genetic interaction analysis with SNU114 mutants |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
26968627
|
| 2017 |
The RNaseH domain of Prp8 contains a 17-aa extension (Switch loop) that can adopt two mutually exclusive structures; prp8 alleles mapping to this extension fall into two functional classes—those promoting error-prone/efficient splicing versus hyperaccurate/inefficient splicing—and error-prone alleles suppress a prp2 mutant deficient at promoting the first catalytic step. |
Systematic mutagenesis, in vitro and in vivo reporter assays, lariat sequencing for genome-wide splice site analysis, genetic epistasis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
28416677
|
| 2017 |
PRPF8 depletion causes a specific defect in homology-directed repair (HDR) and single-strand annealing (SSA), which require BRCA1; PRPF8 depletion reduces end resection (measured as chromatin-bound RPA), BRCA1 foci, and histone acetylation marks associated with BRCA1-mediated HR. |
siRNA knockdown, DR-GFP/SA-GFP HR reporter assays, immunofluorescence (BRCA1, RPA, histone acetylation foci) |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
29212152
|
| 2018 |
Mutagenesis of Prp8 residues identified by amino acid probing to be positioned near U5 snRNA reveals their role in 5' splice site recognition; genetic interactions with Isy1 and Snu114 further support that Prp8–U5 snRNA interactions help position the pre-mRNA into the active site. |
Amino acid probing strategy (chemical crosslinking), site-directed mutagenesis, genetic interaction analysis |
RNA (New York, N.Y.) |
Medium |
29487104
|
| 2018 |
PRPF8 knockdown impairs hypoxia-induced mitophagy by causing aberrant mRNA splicing of ULK1, which initiates autophagy; the RP-associated PRPF8 mutant R2310K is defective in regulating mitophagy. |
RNAi screen with mt-Keima fluorescent reporter, PRPF8 knockdown, RT-PCR of ULK1 splicing, mitophagy assays |
Autophagy |
Medium |
30103670
|
| 2019 |
Two prp-8 alleles in C. elegans identified by genetic screen alter cryptic splice site usage frequency; complementary genetic and structural analyses in yeast implicate these alleles in stability of the spliceosome catalytic core; high-throughput mRNA sequencing shows overall alternative splicing patterns are relatively unchanged despite effects on cryptic splicing. |
C. elegans genetic screen, RNA-seq (high-throughput mRNA sequencing), yeast structural/genetic analysis |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
30674666
|
| 2021 |
The evolutionarily conserved protein Ecdysoneless (Ecd) chaperones Prp8 delivery to the forming U5 snRNP in the cytoplasm; Ecd deficiency leads to reduced Prp8 protein levels and compromised U5 snRNP biogenesis, causing loss of splicing fidelity; SmD3 was identified as a novel interaction partner of Ecd. |
Drosophila genetics, proteomic approaches (co-immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry), Western blot, splicing analysis |
Nucleic acids research |
Medium |
33444449
|
| 2023 |
PRPF8 silencing in hepatocellular carcinoma cells modulates fibronectin (FN1) splicing by promoting exclusion of exon 40.2, which reduces FAK/AKT phosphorylation and blunts stress fiber formation, thereby decreasing invasive capacity; CLIPseq analysis shows PRPF8 binds preferentially to exons of protein-coding genes. |
siRNA knockdown, RNA-seq, CLIPseq, Western blot (FAK/AKT phosphorylation), invasion assay, xenograft tumor growth |
Experimental & molecular medicine |
Medium |
36609600
|
| 2024 |
The PRPF8/Brr2 regulatory axis controls 5' splice site (5'SS) selection; the heterozygous PRPF8 c.6926 A>C (p.H2309P) RP mutation impairs alternative splicing and weak/suboptimal 5'SS selection, enhances cryptic splicing in ciliary/retinal-specific transcripts, alters PRPF8 interaction with U6 snRNA, and causes accumulation of active spliceosomes and poly(A)+ mRNAs at nuclear periphery splicing clusters in photoreceptors. |
Patient iPSC-derived retinal cells, transcriptomics, proteomics, co-immunoprecipitation (PRPF8-U6 snRNA), immunofluorescence of nuclear speckles/poly(A)+ mRNA |
Nature communications |
High |
38605034
|