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ArticleMolecular cell2025

Chromatin-bound U2AF2 splicing factor ensures exon inclusion.

Weifang Wu, Kami Ahmad, Steven Henikoff

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Article in Molecular cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Splicing-driven post-translational dysregulation: a new frontier for precision cancer medicine and immunotherapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  2. KAS-CUT&Tag for direct mapping of transcription bubbles.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. RNA-binding proteins connect Exon usage to the chromatin.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2025
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  6. Promoter Specificity and Transcription Levels ModulateInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Weifang WuBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Kami AhmadBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Steven HenikoffBasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. Electronic address: steveh@fredhutch.org.

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric Collisson · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most mRNA splicing occurs co-transcriptionally, but it is unclear how splicing factors accurately select exons for inclusion. Using CUT&RUN profiling in K562 cells, we demonstrate that three splicing factors-SF3B1, U2AF1, and U2AF2-bind near active promoters of intron-containing and intronless genes, implying their association with the general transcriptional machinery. RNase A treatment reduces factor binding at promoters, indicating that these proteins interact with nascent transcripts. Strikingly, the U2AF2 protein also accumulates throughout intron-containing gene bodies and requires histone H3-lysine36 trimethylation but not nascent transcripts or persistent RNA polymerase II. Chromatin-bound U2AF2 preferentially binds to exons of highly expressed, exon-dense genes, with greater occupancy at exons skipped after U2AF2 knockdown, suggesting that U2AF2 enhances exon selection accuracy. U2AF2-targeted genes include those encoding splicing factors, where it improves splicing accuracy and efficiency. Our findings provide a mechanistic basis for the homeostatic regulation of efficient co-transcriptional splicing by chromatin-bound U2AF2.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingChromatinExonsNuclear ProteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNA SplicingHistonesHumansIntronsK562 CellsMethylationPhosphoproteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIChromatinHistonesNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIRNA Splicing FactorsSF3B1 protein, humanSplicing Factor U2AFU2AF1 protein, humanU2AF2 protein, humanco-transcriptional RNA splicingexon definitionH3K36me3RNA polymerase IISF3B155U2AF35U2AF65

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PMID40315850
PMCPMC13075997

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