Spliceosome "cut and paste" introns and exons

[Bob10]

How does the spliceosome know where to splice on the RNA strand? It will remove the introns and splice the exons together but how does it know where to slice?

 

[Ygggdrasil]

Nucleotide sequences in the mRNA that bind specific protein factors guide the spliceosome to select the proper splice sites: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26887/#_A1017_

 

[Bob10]

Thank You! The book you referenced is awesome. DNA/RNA protein synthesis is spooky amazing to me.

 

[Drakkith]

Thank You! The book you referenced is awesome. DNA/RNA protein synthesis is spooky amazing to me.

Agreed!