snRNP vs snRNA

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can someone please explain how these are related and how they are different when it comes to the spliceosome?
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snRNP binds to the splice site. With other proteins (such as the snRNA), it forms the splicesome to do splicing.
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ahhh that makes sense. I was under the assumption that the spliceosome was just a big snRNP

Thank you! :)
 
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