The SMN protein contains
GEMIN2-binding,
Tudor and YG-Box domains.[4] It localizes to both the
cytoplasm and the
nucleus. Within the nucleus, the protein localizes to subnuclear bodies called gems which are found near coiled bodies containing high concentrations of small
ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). This protein forms heteromeric complexes with proteins such as GEMIN2 and
GEMIN4, and also interacts with several proteins known to be involved in the
biogenesis of
snRNPs, such as hnRNP U protein and the small nucleolar RNA binding protein.[5]
SMN complex
SMN complex refers to the entire multi-protein complex involved in the assembly of
snRNPs, the essential components of
spliceosomal machinery.[6] The complex, apart from the "proper" survival of motor neuron protein, includes at least six other proteins (
gem-associated protein 2,
3,
4,
5,
6 and
7.[6]
SMN is evolutionarily conserved including the
Fungi kingdom, though only fungal organisms with a great number of
introns have the Smn gene (or the
splicing factorspf30paralogue). Surprisingly, these are filamentous fungus which have
mycelia, so suggesting
analogy to the neuronal axons.[25]
^Selenko P, Sprangers R, Stier G, Bühler D, Fischer U, Sattler M (January 2001). "SMN tudor domain structure and its interaction with the Sm proteins". Nature Structural Biology. 8 (1): 27–31.
doi:
10.1038/83014.
PMID11135666.
^Iwahashi H, Eguchi Y, Yasuhara N, Hanafusa T, Matsuzawa Y, Tsujimoto Y (November 1997). "Synergistic anti-apoptotic activity between Bcl-2 and SMN implicated in spinal muscular atrophy". Nature. 390 (6658): 413–7.
Bibcode:
1997Natur.390..413I.
doi:
10.1038/37144.
PMID9389483.
The SMN protein contains
GEMIN2-binding,
Tudor and YG-Box domains.[4] It localizes to both the
cytoplasm and the
nucleus. Within the nucleus, the protein localizes to subnuclear bodies called gems which are found near coiled bodies containing high concentrations of small
ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). This protein forms heteromeric complexes with proteins such as GEMIN2 and
GEMIN4, and also interacts with several proteins known to be involved in the
biogenesis of
snRNPs, such as hnRNP U protein and the small nucleolar RNA binding protein.[5]
SMN complex
SMN complex refers to the entire multi-protein complex involved in the assembly of
snRNPs, the essential components of
spliceosomal machinery.[6] The complex, apart from the "proper" survival of motor neuron protein, includes at least six other proteins (
gem-associated protein 2,
3,
4,
5,
6 and
7.[6]
SMN is evolutionarily conserved including the
Fungi kingdom, though only fungal organisms with a great number of
introns have the Smn gene (or the
splicing factorspf30paralogue). Surprisingly, these are filamentous fungus which have
mycelia, so suggesting
analogy to the neuronal axons.[25]
^Selenko P, Sprangers R, Stier G, Bühler D, Fischer U, Sattler M (January 2001). "SMN tudor domain structure and its interaction with the Sm proteins". Nature Structural Biology. 8 (1): 27–31.
doi:
10.1038/83014.
PMID11135666.
^Iwahashi H, Eguchi Y, Yasuhara N, Hanafusa T, Matsuzawa Y, Tsujimoto Y (November 1997). "Synergistic anti-apoptotic activity between Bcl-2 and SMN implicated in spinal muscular atrophy". Nature. 390 (6658): 413–7.
Bibcode:
1997Natur.390..413I.
doi:
10.1038/37144.
PMID9389483.