Phosphorylation of splicing factor SF1 on Ser20 by cGMP-dependent protein kinase regulates spliceosome assembly

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4549-4559

  Wang, Xin ^a   Bruderer, Shirin ^b   Rafi, Zahra ^b   Xue, Jing ^a   Milburn, Peter J ^c   Krämer, Angela ^b   Robinson, Phillip J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Pre mRNA splicing; Protein phosphorylation; U2AF

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOSERINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; SPLICING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CATTLE; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SERINE; SPLICEOSOMES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033575670     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.16.4549     Document Type: Article

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