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. 1999 Nov;153(3):1183–1191. doi: 10.1093/genetics/153.3.1183

spp42, identified as a classical suppressor of prp4-73, which encodes a kinase involved in pre-mRNA splicing in fission yeast, is a homologue of the splicing factor Prp8p.

H Schmidt 1, K Richert 1, R A Drakas 1, N F Käufer 1
PMCID: PMC1460826  PMID: 10545451

Abstract

We have identified two classical extragenic suppressors, spp41 and spp42, of the temperature sensitive (ts) allele prp4-73. The prp4(+) gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a protein kinase. Mutations in both suppressor genes suppress the growth and the pre-mRNA splicing defect of prp4-73(ts) at the restrictive temperature (36 degrees ). spp41 and spp42 are synthetically lethal with each other in the presence of prp4-73(ts), indicating a functional relationship between spp41 and spp42. The suppressor genes were mapped on the left arm of chromosome I proximal to the his6 gene. Based on our mapping data we isolated spp42 by screening PCR fragments for functional complementation of the prp4-73(ts) mutant at the restrictive temperature. spp42 encodes a large protein (p275), which is the homologue of Prp8p. This protein has been shown in budding yeast and mammalian cells to be a bona fide pre-mRNA splicing factor. Taken together with other recent genetic and biochemical data, our results suggest that Prp4 kinase plays an important role in the formation of catalytic spliceosomes.

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