Nuclear pre-mRNA splicing is catalyzed by the spliceosome which assembles in a step-wise manner. After the assembly of complex A on pre-mRNA, the U4-U6 and U5 snRNPs are recruited as a preassembled tri-snRNP to form complex B. U5 snRNP binds exons at the 5' site. (Adapted from
PMID:24452469 and
PMID:23118483).