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. 1982 Oct;2(10):1159–1166. doi: 10.1128/mcb.2.10.1159

Human U1 and U2 small nuclear ribonucleoproteins contain common and unique polypeptides.

C S Kinlaw, S K Dusing-Swartz, S M Berget
PMCID: PMC369914  PMID: 6184608

Abstract

Immunoprecipitation of human small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) containing the small nuclear RNAs U1, U2, U4, U5, and U6 with two antibodies produced in certain patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus was used to identify the polypeptides present on human U1 and U2 snRNPs. U1 and U2 snRNPs contain both common and unique polypeptides; visualization of the differences was possible through the use of non-methionine protein labeling and partial fractionation of snRNP populations. To facilitate comparisons with results from other laboratories, we have designated the snRNP polypeptides by their molecular weights. Four small polypeptides, P8, P9, P10, and P12, of 8,000 to 12,000 daltons, are each present in equal amounts on both U1 and U2 snRNPs. U1 snRNPs also contain a unique 30,000-dalton polypeptide, P30, whereas U2 snRNPs contain a unique 27,000-dalton, methionine-deficient polypeptide, P27. A closely migrating pair of polypeptides, P23 and P22, of 23,000 and 21,500 daltons, respectively, is present on both snRNPs; U2 snRNPs are enriched in the former, and U1 snRNPs are enriched in the latter.

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