| Name | RNA splicing, via transesterification reactions |
| ID | GO_0000375 |
| collection_id | Biological process |
| Alternative ID | GO:0000385, GO:0031202 |
| Description | Splicing of RNA via a series of two transesterification reactions. |
| Related synonym | RNA splicing factor activity, transesterification mechanism, pre-mRNA splicing factor activity, spliceosomal catalysis |
| Comment | Note that nuclear mRNA, Group I, Group II, and Group III introns are all spliced by a series of two transesterification reactions that occur within the RNA itself, or between two RNAs in trans splicing. Some of these require one or more proteins to stabilize the catalytic conformation, while others are autocatalytic. Note that tRNA introns are spliced by a different catalytic mechanism. |
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