Figure6-26TheRNAsplicingreaction(A)Inthefirststep,aspecificadeninenucleotideintheintronsequence(indicatedinred)attacksthe5splicesiteandcutsthesugar-phosphatebackboneoftheRNAatthispoint.Thecut5endoftheintronbecomescovalentlylinkedtotheadeninenucleotide,asshownindetailin(B),therebycreatingaloopintheRNAmolecule.Thereleasedfree3-OHendoftheexonsequencethenreactswiththestartofthenextexonsequence,joiningthetwoexonstogetherandreleasingtheintronsequenceintheshapeofalariat.Thetwoexonsequencestherebybecomejoinedintoacontinuouscodingsequence;thereleasedintronsequenceisdegradedinduecourse.
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