A synthetic small molecule stalls pre-mRNA splicing by promoting an early-stage U2AF2-RNA complex
R. Chatrikhi, C. F. Feeney, M. J. Pulvino, G. Alachouzos, A. J. MacRae, Z. Falls, S. Rai, W. W. Brennessel, J. L. Jenkins, M. J. Walter, T. A. Graubert, R. Samudrala, M. S. Jurica, A. J. Frontier, C. L. Kielkopf
The paper identifies a small molecule that inhibits pre-mRNA splicing by stabilizing an early-stage U2AF2-RNA complex, offering a new strategy for targeting spliceosome assembly.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2020Biochemistry