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Gomar‐Alba M, Pozharskaia V, Cichocki B, Schaal C, Kumar A, Jacquel B, Charvin G, Igual JC, Mendoza M. Nuclear pore complex acetylation regulates mRNA export and cell cycle commitment in budding yeast. EMBO J 2022; 41:e110271. [PMID: 35735140 PMCID: PMC9340480 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2021110271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) mediate communication between the nucleus and the cytoplasm, and regulate gene expression by interacting with transcription and mRNA export factors. Lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) promote transcription through acetylation of chromatin-associated proteins. We find that Esa1, the KAT subunit of the yeast NuA4 complex, also acetylates the nuclear pore basket component Nup60 to promote mRNA export. Acetylation of Nup60 recruits the mRNA export factor Sac3, the scaffolding subunit of the Transcription and Export 2 (TREX-2) complex, to the nuclear basket. The Esa1-mediated nuclear export of mRNAs in turn promotes entry into S phase, which is inhibited by the Hos3 deacetylase in G1 daughter cells to restrain their premature commitment to a new cell division cycle. This mechanism is not only limited to G1/S-expressed genes but also inhibits the expression of the nutrient-regulated GAL1 gene specifically in daughter cells. Overall, these results reveal how acetylation can contribute to the functional plasticity of NPCs in mother and daughter yeast cells. In addition, our work demonstrates dual gene expression regulation by the evolutionarily conserved NuA4 complex, at the level of transcription and at the stage of mRNA export by modifying the nucleoplasmic entrance to nuclear pores.
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- Mercè Gomar‐Alba
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireIllkirchFrance
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (BIOTECMED) and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia MolecularUniversitat de ValènciaBurjassotSpain
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireIllkirchFrance
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireIllkirchFrance
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- Department of Cell BiologyUniversitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)BarcelonaSpain
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireIllkirchFrance
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireIllkirchFrance
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104IllkirchFrance
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964IllkirchFrance
- Université de StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (BIOTECMED) and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia MolecularUniversitat de ValènciaBurjassotSpain
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireIllkirchFrance
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104IllkirchFrance
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964IllkirchFrance
- Université de StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance
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Identification of the Novel Nup188-brr7 Allele in a Screen for Cold-Sensitive mRNA Export Mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2018; 8:2991-3003. [PMID: 30021831 PMCID: PMC6118305 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The maturation and export of mRNA from the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex is critical for maintaining an appropriate proteome in all eukaryotic cells. Here we summarize a previously unpublished screen in S. cerevisiae that utilized an established dT50 in situ hybridization assay to identify cold-sensitive mutants that accumulated bulk poly A RNA in the nucleus. The screen identified seven mutants in six complementation groups, including the brr6-1 strain that we described previously. In addition to brr6-1, we identified novel alleles of the key transport gene GLE1 and NUP188, a component of the Nic96 nucleoporin complex. Notably, we show that the nup188-brr7 allele causes defects in select protein import pathways as well as mRNA export. Given recent structural and functional evidence linking the Nic96 complex to transport components, this mutant may be particularly useful to the transport community.
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Windram OPF, Rodrigues RTL, Lee S, Haines M, Bayer TS. Engineering microbial phenotypes through rewiring of genetic networks. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:4984-4993. [PMID: 28369627 PMCID: PMC5416768 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The ability to program cellular behaviour is a major goal of synthetic biology, with applications in health, agriculture and chemicals production. Despite efforts to build 'orthogonal' systems, interactions between engineered genetic circuits and the endogenous regulatory network of a host cell can have a significant impact on desired functionality. We have developed a strategy to rewire the endogenous cellular regulatory network of yeast to enhance compatibility with synthetic protein and metabolite production. We found that introducing novel connections in the cellular regulatory network enabled us to increase the production of heterologous proteins and metabolites. This strategy is demonstrated in yeast strains that show significantly enhanced heterologous protein expression and higher titers of terpenoid production. Specifically, we found that the addition of transcriptional regulation between free radical induced signalling and nitrogen regulation provided robust improvement of protein production. Assessment of rewired networks revealed the importance of key topological features such as high betweenness centrality. The generation of rewired transcriptional networks, selection for specific phenotypes, and analysis of resulting library members is a powerful tool for engineering cellular behavior and may enable improved integration of heterologous protein and metabolite pathways.
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- Oliver P F Windram
- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation and Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation and Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation and Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation and Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation and Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Paul B, Montpetit B. Altered RNA processing and export lead to retention of mRNAs near transcription sites and nuclear pore complexes or within the nucleolus. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:2742-56. [PMID: 27385342 PMCID: PMC5007094 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-04-0244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In a screen of >1000 essential gene mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 26 mutants are found that directly or indirectly affect mRNA processing and/or mRNA export. Single-molecule FISH data show that the majority of these mutants retain mRNAs at discrete locations within the nucleus, which include the nucleolus. Many protein factors are required for mRNA biogenesis and nuclear export, which are central to the eukaryotic gene expression program. It is unclear, however, whether all factors have been identified. Here we report on a screen of >1000 essential gene mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for defects in mRNA processing and export, identifying 26 mutants with defects in this process. Single-molecule FISH data showed that the majority of these mutants accumulated mRNA within specific regions of the nucleus, which included 1) mRNAs within the nucleolus when nucleocytoplasmic transport, rRNA biogenesis, or RNA processing and surveillance was disrupted, 2) the buildup of mRNAs near transcription sites in 3′-end processing and chromosome segregation mutants, and 3) transcripts being enriched near nuclear pore complexes when components of the mRNA export machinery were mutated. These data show that alterations to various nuclear processes lead to the retention of mRNAs at discrete locations within the nucleus.
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- Biplab Paul
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada
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Neumann B, Wu H, Hackmann A, Krebber H. Nuclear Export of Pre-Ribosomal Subunits Requires Dbp5, but Not as an RNA-Helicase as for mRNA Export. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149571. [PMID: 26872259 PMCID: PMC4752221 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The DEAD-box RNA-helicase Dbp5/Rat8 is known for its function in nuclear mRNA export, where it displaces the export receptor Mex67 from the mRNA at the cytoplasmic side of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Here we show that Dbp5 is also required for the nuclear export of both pre-ribosomal subunits. Yeast temperature-sensitive dbp5 mutants accumulate both ribosomal particles in their nuclei. Furthermore, Dbp5 genetically and physically interacts with known ribosomal transport factors such as Nmd3. Similar to mRNA export we show that also for ribosomal transport Dbp5 is required at the cytoplasmic side of the NPC. However, unlike its role in mRNA export, Dbp5 does not seem to undergo its ATPase cycle for this function, as ATPase-deficient dbp5 mutants that selectively inhibit mRNA export do not affect ribosomal transport. Furthermore, mutants of GLE1, the ATPase stimulating factor of Dbp5, show no major ribosomal export defects. Consequently, while Dbp5 uses its ATPase cycle to displace the export receptor Mex67 from the translocated mRNAs, Mex67 remains bound to ribosomal subunits upon transit to the cytoplasm, where it is detectable on translating ribosomes. Therefore, we propose a model, in which Dbp5 supports ribosomal transport by capturing ribosomal subunits upon their cytoplasmic appearance at the NPC, possibly by binding export factors such as Mex67. Thus, our findings reveal that although different ribonucleoparticles, mRNAs and pre-ribosomal subunits, use shared export factors, they utilize different transport mechanisms.
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- Bettina Neumann
- Abteilung für Molekulare Genetik, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (GZMB), Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
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- Abteilung für Molekulare Genetik, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (GZMB), Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
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- Abteilung für Molekulare Genetik, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (GZMB), Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
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- Abteilung für Molekulare Genetik, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Göttinger Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (GZMB), Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Valkov E, Dean JC, Jani D, Kuhlmann SI, Stewart M. Structural basis for the assembly and disassembly of mRNA nuclear export complexes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2012; 1819:578-92. [PMID: 22406340 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Most of the individual components of the nuclear elements of the gene expression pathway have been identified and high-resolution structural information is becoming available for many of them. Information is also starting to become available on the larger complexes they form and is beginning to give clues about how the dynamics of their interactions generate function. Although the translocation of export-competent messenger ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs) through the nuclear pore transport channel that is mediated by interactions with nuclear pore proteins (nucleoporins) is relatively well understood, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying the assembly of export-competent mRNPs in the nucleus and their Dbp5-mediated disassembly in the cytoplasm is less well defined. Considerable information has been obtained on the structure of Dbp5 in its different nucleotide-bound states and in complex with Gle1 or Nup159/NUP214. Although the precise manner by which the Dbp5 ATPase cycle is coupled to mRNP remodelling remains to be established, current models capture many key details of this process. The formation of export-competent mRNPs in the nucleus remains an elusive component of this pathway and the precise nature of the remodelling that generates these mRNPs as well as detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which this step is integrated with the transcriptional, splicing and polyadenylation machinery by the TREX and TREX-2 complexes remain obscure. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Nuclear Transport and RNA Processing.
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- Eugene Valkov
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK
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Ran-dependent nuclear export mediators: a structural perspective. EMBO J 2011; 30:3457-74. [PMID: 21878989 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Nuclear export is an essential eukaryotic activity. It proceeds through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) and is mediated by soluble receptors that shuttle between nucleus and cytoplasm. RanGTPase-dependent export mediators (exportins) constitute the largest class of these carriers and are functionally highly versatile. All of these exportins load their substrates in response to RanGTP binding in the nucleus and traverse NPCs as ternary RanGTP-exportin-cargo complexes to the cytoplasm, where GTP hydrolysis leads to export complex disassembly. The different exportins vary greatly in their substrate range. Recent structural studies of both protein- and RNA-specific exporters have illuminated how exportins bind their cargoes, how Ran triggers cargo loading and how export complexes are disassembled in the cytoplasm. Here, we review the current state of knowledge and highlight emerging principles as well as prevailing questions.
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Latonen L. Nucleolar aggresomes as counterparts of cytoplasmic aggresomes in proteotoxic stress. Bioessays 2011; 33:386-95. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Deconvolution of chromatin immunoprecipitation-microarray (ChIP-chip) analysis of MBF occupancies reveals the temporal recruitment of Rep2 at the MBF target genes. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2010; 10:130-41. [PMID: 21076007 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00218-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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MBF (or DSC1) is known to regulate transcription of a set of G(1)/S-phase genes encoding proteins involved in regulation of DNA replication. Previous studies have shown that MBF binds not only the promoter of G(1)/S-phase genes, but also the constitutive genes; however, it was unclear if the MBF bindings at the G(1)/S-phase and constitutive genes were mechanistically distinguishable. Here, we report a chromatin immunoprecipitation-microarray (ChIP-chip) analysis of MBF binding in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome using high-resolution genome tiling microarrays. ChIP-chip analysis indicates that the majority of the MBF occupancies are located at the intragenic regions. Deconvolution analysis using Rpb1 ChIP-chip results distinguishes the Cdc10 bindings at the Rpb1-poor loci (promoters) from those at the Rpb1-rich loci (intragenic sequences). Importantly, Res1 binding at the Rpb1-poor loci, but not at the Rpb1-rich loci, is dependent on the Cdc10 function, suggesting a distinct binding mechanism. Most Cdc10 promoter bindings at the Rpb1-poor loci are associated with the G(1)/S-phase genes. While Res1 or Res2 is found at both the Cdc10 promoter and intragenic binding sites, Rep2 appears to be absent at the Cdc10 promoter binding sites but present at the intragenic sites. Time course ChIP-chip analysis demonstrates that Rep2 is temporally accumulated at the coding region of the MBF target genes, resembling the RNAP-II occupancies. Taken together, our results show that deconvolution analysis of Cdc10 occupancies refines the functional subset of genomic binding sites. We propose that the MBF activator Rep2 plays a role in mediating the cell cycle-specific transcription through the recruitment of RNAP-II to the MBF-bound G(1)/S-phase genes.
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Blanco AM, Rausell L, Aguado B, Perez-Alonso M, Artero R. A FRET-based assay for characterization of alternative splicing events using peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:e116. [PMID: 19561195 PMCID: PMC2761257 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We describe a quantitative method for detecting RNA alternative splicing variants that combines in situ hybridization of fluorescently labeled peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes with confocal microscopy Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). The use of PNA probes complementary to sequences flanking a given splice junction allows to specifically quantify, within the cell, the RNA isoform generating such splice junction by FRET measure. As a proof of concept we analyzed two alternative splicing events originating from lymphocyte antigen 6 (LY6) complex, locus G5B (LY6G5B) pre-mRNA. These are characterized by the removal of the first intron (Fully Spliced Isoform, FSI) or by retention of such intron (Intron-Retained Isoform, IRI). The use of PNA probe pairs labeled with donor (Cy3) and acceptor (Cy5) fluorophores, suitable to FRET, flanking FSI and IRI specific splice junctions specifically detected both mRNA isoforms in HeLa cells. We have observed that the method works efficiently with probes 5–11 nt apart. The data supports that this FRET-based PNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FP–FISH) method offers a conceptually new approach for characterizing at the subcellular level not only splice variant isoform structure, location and dynamics but also potentially a wide variety of close range RNA–RNA interactions.
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- Ana M Blanco
- Sistemas Genómicos S.L., Parque Tecnológico de Valencia, Ronda G. Marconi 6, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
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Messenger RNA export from the nucleus to the cytoplasm plays an essential role in linking transcription to translation and consequently regulation of protein expression. mRNA export requires a series of events: pre-mRNA processing, ribonucleoprotein targeting to the NPC (nuclear pore complexes), and translocation through nuclear pores to the cytoplasm. Interestingly, the conventional nuclear export machinery, exportins and the Ran GTPase, is not required for mRNA export. Instead, a protein complex consisting of a number of RNA binding proteins is essential for this event including the Aly/REF protein. Phosphoinositide signaling regulates a variety of cellular functions including pre-mRNA splicing and mRNA export. In fact, a phospholipase C-dependent inositol polyphosphate kinase pathway is required for efficient mRNA export. Recently, we showed that Aly is a physiological target of nuclear phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) signaling, which regulates Aly localization as well as Aly function in cell proliferation and mRNA export through nuclear Akt-mediated phosphorylation and phosphoinositide association. Hence, water-soluble inositol polyphosphates and phosphatidylinositol lipids play pivotal roles in modulating mRNA export.
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- Masashi Okada
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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Ohyanagi H, Ikeo K, Gojobori T. Eukaryotic nuclear structure explains the evolutionary rate difference of ribosome export factors. Gene 2008; 421:7-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2007] [Revised: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 05/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Thomsen R, Saguez C, Nasser T, Jensen TH. General, rapid, and transcription-dependent fragmentation of nucleolar antigens in S. cerevisiae mRNA export mutants. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2008; 14:706-16. [PMID: 18258809 PMCID: PMC2271370 DOI: 10.1261/rna.718708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mutation of some effectors of mRNA nuclear export leads to the rapid accumulation of HSP104 RNA in transcription site-associated foci. We have screened the S. cerevisiae complement of viable gene deletion mutants for their inability to export HSP104 RNA. The 15 strains identified comprise deletions of components of the THO, Thp1p/Sac3p, and nuclear pore complexes. In all three mutant classes, retained RNA overlaps the HSP104 transcription site. Thus, an early block to HSP104 RNA export is general. Incubation of the identified deletion strains, as well as seven additional mutants, under conditions where mRNA export is blocked results in rapid dissipation of nucleolar protein and RNA constituents. Time course experiments show that dissipation of nucleolar antigens succeeds mRNA retention and is reversed when the load of nuclear mRNA ceases. Consistent with a causal role of excess nuclear mRNA, nucleolar morphology in an mRNA export mutant environment remains intact when transcription by RNA polymerase II is inhibited.
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- Rune Thomsen
- Centre for mRNP Biogenesis and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Parenteau J, Durand M, Véronneau S, Lacombe AA, Morin G, Guérin V, Cecez B, Gervais-Bird J, Koh CS, Brunelle D, Wellinger RJ, Chabot B, Abou Elela S. Deletion of many yeast introns reveals a minority of genes that require splicing for function. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:1932-41. [PMID: 18287520 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-12-1254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Splicing regulates gene expression and contributes to proteomic diversity in higher eukaryotes. However, in yeast only 283 of the 6000 genes contain introns and their impact on cell function is not clear. To assess the contribution of introns to cell function, we initiated large-scale intron deletions in yeast with the ultimate goal of creating an intron-free model eukaryote. We show that about one-third of yeast introns are not essential for growth. Only three intron deletions caused severe growth defects, but normal growth was restored in all cases by expressing the intronless mRNA from a heterologous promoter. Twenty percent of the intron deletions caused minor phenotypes under different growth conditions. Strikingly, the combined deletion of all introns from the 15 cytoskeleton-related genes did not affect growth or strain fitness. Together, our results show that although the presence of introns may optimize gene expression and provide benefit under stress, a majority of introns could be removed with minor consequences on growth under laboratory conditions, supporting the view that many introns could be phased out of Saccharomyces cerevisiae without blocking cell growth.
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- Julie Parenteau
- Laboratoire de génomique fonctionnelle de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Département de microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada
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Lopato S, Borisjuk L, Milligan AS, Shirley N, Bazanova N, Parsley K, Langridge P. Systematic identification of factors involved in post-transcriptional processes in wheat grain. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 62:637-53. [PMID: 16941218 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9046-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Post-transcriptional processing of primary transcripts can significantly affect both the quantity and the structure of mature mRNAs and the corresponding protein products. It is an important mechanism of gene regulation in animals, yeast and plants. Here we have investigated the interactive networks of pre-mRNA processing factors in the developing grain of wheat (Triticum aestivum), one of the world's major food staples. As a first step we isolated a homologue of the plant specific AtRSZ33 splicing factor, which has been shown to be involved in the early stages of embryo development in Arabidopsis. Real-time PCR showed that the wheat gene, designated TaRSZ38, is expressed mainly in young, developing organs (flowers, root, stem), and expression peaks in immature grain. In situ hybridization and immunodetection revealed preferential abundance of TaRSZ38 in mitotically active tissues of the major storage organ of the grain, the endosperm. The protein encoded by TaRSZ38 was subsequently used as a starting bait in a two-hybrid screen to identify additional factors in grain that are involved in pre-mRNA processing. Most of the identified proteins showed high homology to known splicing factors and splicing related proteins, supporting a role for TaRSZ38 in spliceosome formation and 5' site selection. Several clones were selected as baits in further yeast two-hybrid screens. In total, cDNAs for 16 proteins were isolated. Among these proteins, TaRSZ22, TaSRp30, TaU1-70K, and the large and small subunits of TaU2AF, are wheat homologues of known plant splicing factors. Several, additional proteins are novel for plants and show homology to known pre-mRNA splicing, splicing related and mRNA export factors from yeast and mammals.
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- Sergiy Lopato
- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, The University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.
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Ozawa M, Fujii K, Muramoto Y, Yamada S, Yamayoshi S, Takada A, Goto H, Horimoto T, Kawaoka Y. Contributions of two nuclear localization signals of influenza A virus nucleoprotein to viral replication. J Virol 2006; 81:30-41. [PMID: 17050598 PMCID: PMC1797272 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01434-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The RNA genome of influenza A virus, which forms viral ribonucleoprotein complexes (vRNPs) with viral polymerase subunit proteins (PA, PB1, and PB2) and nucleoprotein (NP), is transcribed and replicated in the nucleus. NP, the major component of vRNPs, has at least two amino acid sequences that serve as nuclear localization signals (NLSs): an unconventional NLS (residues 3 to 13; NLS1) and a bipartite NLS (residues 198 to 216; NLS2). Although both NLSs are known to play a role in nuclear transport, their relative contributions to viral replication are poorly understood. We therefore investigated their contributions to NP subcellular/subnuclear localization, viral RNA (vRNA) transcription, and viral replication. Abolishing the unconventional NLS caused NP to localize predominantly to the cytoplasm and affected its activity in vRNA transcription. However, we were able to create a virus whose NP contained amino acid substitutions in NLS1 known to abolish its nuclear localization function, although this virus was highly attenuated. These results indicate that while the unconventional NLS is not essential for viral replication, it is necessary for efficient viral mRNA synthesis. On the other hand, the bipartite NLS, whose contribution to the nuclear transport of NP is limited, was essential for vRNA transcription and NP's nucleolar accumulation. A virus with nonfunctional NLS2 could not be generated. Thus, the bipartite NLS, but not the unconventional NLS, of NP is essential for influenza A virus replication.
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- Makoto Ozawa
- Division of Virology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Raska I, Shaw PJ, Cmarko D. New Insights into Nucleolar Architecture and Activity. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2006; 255:177-235. [PMID: 17178467 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(06)55004-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The nucleolus is the most obvious and clearly differentiated nuclear subcompartment. It is where ribosome biogenesis takes place and has been the subject of research over many decades. In recent years progress in our understanding of ribosome biogenesis has been rapid and is accelerating. This review discusses current understanding of how the biochemical processes of ribosome biosynthesis relate to an observable nucleolar structure. Emerging evidence is also described that points to other, unconventional roles for the nucleolus, particularly in the biogenesis of other RNA-containing cellular machinery, and in stress sensing and the control of cellular activity. Striking recent observations show that the nucleolus and its components are highly dynamic, and that the steady state structure observed by microscopical methods must be interpreted as the product of these dynamic processes. We still do not have detailed enough information to understand fully the organization and regulation of the various processes taking place in the nucleolus. However, the present power of light and electron microscopy (EM) techniques means that a description of nucleolar processes at the molecular level is now achievable, and the time is ripe for such an effort.
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- Ivan Raska
- Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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Dunn EF, Hammell CM, Hodge CA, Cole CN. Yeast poly(A)-binding protein, Pab1, and PAN, a poly(A) nuclease complex recruited by Pab1, connect mRNA biogenesis to export. Genes Dev 2005; 19:90-103. [PMID: 15630021 PMCID: PMC540228 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1267005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2004] [Accepted: 11/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells, pre-mRNAs undergo extensive processing in the nucleus prior to export. Processing is subject to a quality-control mechanism that retains improperly processed transcripts at or near sites of transcription. A poly(A) tail added by the normal 3'-processing machinery is necessary but not sufficient for export. Retention depends on the exosome. In this study, we identify the poly(A)-binding protein, Pab1, and the poly(A) nuclease, PAN, as important factors that couple 3' processing to export. Pab1 contains a nonessential leucine-rich nuclear export signal and shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It can exit the nucleus either as cargo of exportin 1 or bound to mRNA. Pab1 is essential but several bypass suppressors have been identified. Deletion of PAB1 from these bypass suppressor strains results in exosome-dependent retention at sites of transcription. Retention is also seen in cells lacking PAN, which Pab1 is thought to recruit and which may be responsible for the final step of mRNA biogenesis, trimming of the poly(A) tail to the length found on newly exported mRNAs. The studies presented here suggest that proper loading of Pab1 onto mRNAs and final trimming of the tail allows release from transcription sites and couples pre-mRNA processing to export.
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- Ewan F Dunn
- Department of Biochemistry, the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
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Baker KE, Coller J, Parker R. The yeast Apq12 protein affects nucleocytoplasmic mRNA transport. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2004; 10:1352-1358. [PMID: 15273328 PMCID: PMC1370622 DOI: 10.1261/rna.7420504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2004] [Accepted: 06/09/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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An important step in mRNA biogenesis is the export of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In this work, we provide evidence that the previously uncharacterized gene APQ12 functions in nucleocytoplasmic mRNA transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. First, apq12delta strains manifest 3' hyperadenylated mRNA similar to other previously characterized RNA export mutants. Second, bulk poly(A)+ RNA is retained in the nucleus in apq12delta cells. Third, an Apq12p-GFP chimeric protein is localized to the nuclear periphery. Fourth, mRNA in apq12delta cells is stabilized, consistent with a defect in the rate of nuclear export. Interestingly, apq12delta mutants are severely compromised for growth and display atypical cell morphology. Because this aberrant cell morphology is not seen with other viable export mutants, Apq12p must have either an additional cellular function, or preferentially impinge on the export of mRNAs regulating cell growth. Together, these findings support a role for APQ12 in nucleocytoplasmic transport of mRNA.
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- Kristian E Baker
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
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Shi WY, Skeath JB. The Drosophila RCC1 homolog, Bj1, regulates nucleocytoplasmic transport and neural differentiation during Drosophila development. Dev Biol 2004; 270:106-21. [PMID: 15136144 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2003] [Revised: 02/10/2004] [Accepted: 02/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Bj1 gene encodes the Drosophila homolog of RCC1, the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor for RanGTPase. Here, we provide the first phenotypic characterization of a RCC1 homolog in a developmental model system. We identified Bj1 (dRCC1) in a genetic screen to identify mutations that alter central nervous system development. We find that zygotic dRCC1 mutant embryos exhibit specific defects in the development and differentiation of lateral CNS neurons although cell division and the cell cycle appear grossly normal. dRCC1 mutant nerve cords contain abnormally large cells with compartmentalized nuclei and exhibit increased transcription in the lateral CNS. As RCC1 is an important component of the nucleocytoplasmic transport machinery, we find that dRCC1 function is required for nuclear import of nuclear localization signal sequence (NLS)-carrying cargo molecules. Finally, we show that dRCC1 is required for cell proliferation and/or survival during germline, eye and wing development and that dRCC1 appears to facilitate apoptosis.
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- Wei-Yang Shi
- Program in Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Thakurta AG, Gopal G, Yoon JH, Saha T, Dhar R. Conserved Nuclear Export Sequences in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mex67 and Human TAP Function in mRNA Export by Direct Nuclear Pore Interactions. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:17434-42. [PMID: 14963046 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309731200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mex67, the homolog of human TAP, is not an essential mRNA export factor in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Here we show that S. pombe encodes a homolog of the TAP cofactor that we have also named p15, whose function in mRNA export is not essential. We have identified and characterized two distinct nuclear export activities, nuclear export signal (NES) I and NES II, within the region of amino acids 434-509 of Mex67. These residues map within the known NTF2-like fold of TAP (amino acids 371-551). We show that the homologs of these two NESs are present and are functionally conserved in TAP. The NES I, NES II, and NES I + II of TAP and Mex67 directly bind with -phenylalanine-glycine (-FG)-containing sequences of S. pombe Nup159 and Nup98 but not with human p62. Mutants of NES I or NES II of Mex67/TAP that do not bind -FG Nup159 and Nup98 in vitro are unable to mediate nuclear export of a heterologous protein in S. pombe and in HeLa cells. Fused with the RNA recognition motifs (RRMs) of Crp79 and green fluorescent protein (GFP) (RRM-NES-GFP), the NES I and NES II of Mex67 or TAP can suppress the mRNA export defect of the Deltap15 rae1-167 synthetic lethal S. pombe strain, suggesting that the NESs can function in the absence of p15. These novel nuclear export sequences may provide additional routes for delivering Mex67/TAP to the nuclear pore complex.
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- Anjan G Thakurta
- Center for Cancer Research, NCI and NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Senay C, Ferrari P, Rocher C, Rieger KJ, Winter J, Platel D, Bourne Y. The Mtr2-Mex67 NTF2-like Domain Complex. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:48395-403. [PMID: 14504280 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308275200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The formation of the Mtr2-Mex67 heterodimer is essential for yeast mRNA export as it constitutes a key nuclear component for shuttling mRNA between the nuclear and cytoplasm compartments through the nuclear pore complex. We report the crystal structures of apo-Mtr2 from the human pathogen Candida albicans and of its complex with the Mex67 NTF2-like domain. Compared with other members of the NTF2 fold family, Mtr2 displays novel structural features involved in the nuclear export of the large ribosomal subunit and consistent with a dual functional role of Mtr2 during yeast nuclear export events. The structure of the Mtr2-Mex67 NTF2-like domain complex, which overall is similar to those of the human and Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologs, unveils three putative Phe-Gly repeat binding sites, of which one contributes to the heterodimer interface. These structures exemplify an unrecognized adaptability of the NTF2 building block in evolution, identify novel structural determinants associated with key biological functions at the molecular surface of the yeast Mtr2-Mex67 complex, and suggest that the yeast and human mRNA export machineries may differ.
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- Claire Senay
- AFMB CNRS, UMR 6098, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Wagner S, Chiosea S, Nickerson JA. The spatial targeting and nuclear matrix binding domains of SRm160. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:3269-74. [PMID: 12624182 PMCID: PMC152281 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0438055100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The Ser-Arg (SR)-related protein SRm160 is a coactivator of pre-mRNA splicing. It bridges splicing factors located at the 5' splice site, branch site, and 3' splice site. Recently, SRm160 has also been shown to be involved in mRNA export as part of an exon-junction complex. SRm160 is highly concentrated in splicing speckles but is also present in long branched intranuclear tracks connecting splicing speckles with sites at the nuclear lamina. In this study we identified domains of SRm160 important for spatial targeting within the nucleus and for binding to the nuclear matrix. Using a series of FLAG- and enhanced GFP-conjugated deletion mutants we found two contiguous sequences that independently target SRm160 to nuclear matrix sites at splicing speckled domains: amino acids 300-350 and 351-688. Constructs containing amino acids 300-350 were also targeted to sites peripheral to speckled domains where most mRNA originate subsequent to splicing. Sequences from the N-terminal domain localized proteins to the nuclear lamina near sites where mRNA leaves the nucleus.
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- Stefan Wagner
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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Narayanan A, Eifert J, Marfatia KA, Macara IG, Corbett AH, Terns RM, Terns MP. Nuclear RanGTP is not required for targeting small nucleolar RNAs to the nucleolus. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:177-86. [PMID: 12456727 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The small GTPase Ran is the central regulator of macromolecular transport between the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Recent work has suggested that RanGTP also plays an important role in regulating some intra-nuclear processes. In this study, we have investigated whether RanGTP is required for the intra-nuclear transport of RNAs. Specifically, we directly analyzed the nucleolar localization of Box C/D and Box H/ACA small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) in mammalian (tsBN2) cells, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Xenopus oocytes under conditions that deplete nuclear RanGTP and prevent RNA export to the cytoplasm. Our data suggest that depletion of nuclear RanGTP does not significantly alter the nucleolar localization of U3 snoRNA in tsBN2 cells. Complementary studies in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae using conditional Ran mutants as well as mutants in Ran regulatory proteins also indicate that disruption of the Ran gradient or of Ran itself does not detectably affect the nucleolar localization of snoRNAs. Finally, microinjection into Xenopus oocytes was used to clearly demonstrate that a specific pool of snoRNAs could still be efficiently targeted to the nucleolus even when the RanGTP gradient was disrupted by microinjection of mutant Ran proteins. Taken together, our data from three phylogenetically distinct experimental systems suggest that nuclear RanGTP, which is essential for trafficking of RNAs between the nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments, is not required for nuclear retention or nucleolar localization of snoRNAs.
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- Aarthi Narayanan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Life Sciences Building, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Scherl A, Couté Y, Déon C, Callé A, Kindbeiter K, Sanchez JC, Greco A, Hochstrasser D, Diaz JJ. Functional proteomic analysis of human nucleolus. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:4100-9. [PMID: 12429849 PMCID: PMC133617 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-05-0271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The notion of a "plurifunctional" nucleolus is now well established. However, molecular mechanisms underlying the biological processes occurring within this nuclear domain remain only partially understood. As a first step in elucidating these mechanisms we have carried out a proteomic analysis to draw up a list of proteins present within nucleoli of HeLa cells. This analysis allowed the identification of 213 different nucleolar proteins. This catalog complements that of the 271 proteins obtained recently by others, giving a total of approximately 350 different nucleolar proteins. Functional classification of these proteins allowed outlining several biological processes taking place within nucleoli. Bioinformatic analyses permitted the assignment of hypothetical functions for 43 proteins for which no functional information is available. Notably, a role in ribosome biogenesis was proposed for 31 proteins. More generally, this functional classification reinforces the plurifunctional nature of nucleoli and provides convincing evidence that nucleoli may play a central role in the control of gene expression. Finally, this analysis supports the recent demonstration of a coupling of transcription and translation in higher eukaryotes.
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- Alexander Scherl
- Central Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Geneva University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
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Hector RE, Nykamp KR, Dheur S, Anderson JT, Non PJ, Urbinati CR, Wilson SM, Minvielle-Sebastia L, Swanson MS. Dual requirement for yeast hnRNP Nab2p in mRNA poly(A) tail length control and nuclear export. EMBO J 2002; 21:1800-10. [PMID: 11927564 PMCID: PMC125947 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.7.1800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recent studies of mRNA export factors have provided additional evidence for a mechanistic link between mRNA 3'-end formation and nuclear export. Here, we identify Nab2p as a nuclear poly(A)-binding protein required for both poly(A) tail length control and nuclear export of mRNA. Loss of NAB2 expression leads to hyperadenylation and nuclear accumulation of poly(A)(+) RNA but, in contrast to mRNA export mutants, these defects can be uncoupled in a nab2 mutant strain. Previous studies have implicated the cytoplasmic poly(A) tail-binding protein Pab1p in poly(A) tail length control during polyadenylation. Although cells are viable in the absence of NAB2 expression when PAB1 is overexpressed, Pab1p fails to resolve the nab2Delta hyperadenylation defect even when Pab1p is tagged with a nuclear localization sequence and targeted to the nucleus. These results indicate that Nab2p is essential for poly(A) tail length control in vivo, and we demonstrate that Nab2p activates polyadenylation, while inhibiting hyperadenylation, in the absence of Pab1p in vitro. We propose that Nab2p provides an important link between the termination of mRNA polyadenylation and nuclear export.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0266, USA and
IBGC-CNRS, University of Bordeaux 2, 1 Rue Camille Saint Saens, Bordeaux, France Present address: Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA Present address: National Cancer Institute–Frederick Cancer Research Facility and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0266, USA and
IBGC-CNRS, University of Bordeaux 2, 1 Rue Camille Saint Saens, Bordeaux, France Present address: Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA Present address: National Cancer Institute–Frederick Cancer Research Facility and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0266, USA and
IBGC-CNRS, University of Bordeaux 2, 1 Rue Camille Saint Saens, Bordeaux, France Present address: Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA Present address: National Cancer Institute–Frederick Cancer Research Facility and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0266, USA and
IBGC-CNRS, University of Bordeaux 2, 1 Rue Camille Saint Saens, Bordeaux, France Present address: Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA Present address: National Cancer Institute–Frederick Cancer Research Facility and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Powell Gene Therapy Center, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0266, USA and
IBGC-CNRS, University of Bordeaux 2, 1 Rue Camille Saint Saens, Bordeaux, France Present address: Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA Present address: National Cancer Institute–Frederick Cancer Research Facility and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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Moy TI, Boettner D, Rhodes JC, Silver PA, Askew DS. Identification of a role for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cgr1p in pre-rRNA processing and 60S ribosome subunit synthesis. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2002; 148:1081-1090. [PMID: 11932453 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-4-1081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae CGR1 encodes a conserved fungal protein that localizes to the nucleolus. To determine if this localization reflects a role for Cgr1p in ribosome biogenesis two yeast cgr1 mutants were examined for defects in ribosome synthesis: a conditional depletion strain in which CGR1 is under the control of a tetracycline-repressible promoter and a mutant strain in which a C-terminal truncated Cgr1p is expressed. Both strains had impaired growth rates and were hypersensitive to the aminoglycosides paromomycin and hygromycin. Polysome analyses of the mutants revealed increased levels of free 40S subunits relative to 60S subunits, a decrease in 80S monosomes and accumulation of half-mer polysomes. Pulse-chase labelling demonstrated that pre-rRNA processing was defective in the mutants, resulting in accumulation of the 35S, 27S and 7S pre-rRNAs and delayed production of the mature 25S and 5 small middle dot8S rRNAs. The synthesis of the 18S and 5S rRNAs was unaffected. Loss of Cgr1 function also caused a partial delocalization of the 5'-ITS1 RNA and the nucleolar protein Nop1p into the nucleoplasm, suggesting that Cgr1p contributes to compartmentalization of nucleolar constituents. Together these findings establish a role for Cgr1p in ribosome biogenesis.
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- Terence I Moy
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA2
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- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0529, USA1
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- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0529, USA1
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA2
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- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0529, USA1
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Recent advances have led to a new understanding of how mRNAs are exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. This process requires a heterodimeric mRNA export receptor that is part of an elaborate machinery conserved from yeast to humans. Export of mRNAs is coupled to upstream steps in gene expression, such as pre-mRNA splicing, and to downstream events, including nonsense-mediated decay.
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- Robin Reed
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Herold A, Klymenko T, Izaurralde E. NXF1/p15 heterodimers are essential for mRNA nuclear export in Drosophila. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2001; 7:1768-1780. [PMID: 11780633 PMCID: PMC1370216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The conserved family of NXF proteins has been implicated in the export of messenger RNAs from the nucleus. In metazoans, NXFs heterodimerize with p15. The yeast genome encodes a single NXF protein (Mex67p), but there are multiple nxf genes in metazoans. Whether metazoan NXFs are functionally redundant, or their multiplication reflects an adaptation to a greater substrate complexity or to tissue-specific requirements has not been established. The Drosophila genome encodes one p15 homolog and four putative NXF proteins (NXF1 to NXF4). Here we show that depletion of the endogenous pools of NXF1 or p15 from Drosophila cells inhibits growth and results in a rapid and robust accumulation of polyadenylated RNAs within the nucleus. Fluorescence in situ hybridizations show that export of both heat-shock and non-heat-shock mRNAs, as well as intron-containing and intronless mRNAs is inhibited. Depleting endogenous NXF2 or NXF3 has no apparent phenotype. Moreover, NXF4 is not expressed at detectable levels in cultured Drosophila cells. We conclude that Dm NXF1/p15 heterodimers only (but not NXF2-NXF4) mediate the export of the majority of mRNAs in Drosophila cells and that the other members of the NXF family play more specialized or different roles.
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- A Herold
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Lévesque L, Guzik B, Guan T, Coyle J, Black BE, Rekosh D, Hammarskjöld ML, Paschal BM. RNA export mediated by tap involves NXT1-dependent interactions with the nuclear pore complex. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44953-62. [PMID: 11579093 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106558200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nuclear export of ribonucleoprotein complexes requires cis-acting signals and recognition by receptors that mediate translocation through the nuclear pore complex. Translocation is likely to involve a series of physical interactions between the ribonucleoprotein complex and nucleoporins within the nuclear pore complex. Here, we have characterized the function of NXT1 in the context of the Tap-dependent RNA export pathway. Tap has been implicated in the nuclear export of RNA transcripts derived from Mason-Pfizer monkey virus that contain the constitutive transport element. We demonstrate that NXT1 stimulates binding of a Tap-RNA complex to nucleoporins in vitro, and we provide mutational analysis that shows these interactions are necessary for nuclear export of an intron-containing viral mRNA in vivo. Tap contains separate domains for binding to nucleoporins and NXT1, both of which are critical for its export function. RNA export is mediated by a heterodimer of Tap and NXT1, and the function of NXT1 on this pathway is to regulate the affinity of the Tap-RNA complex for nucleoporins within the nuclear pore complex. We propose that NXT1-dependent binding of the Tap-RNA complex to the nucleoporin p62, which we have reconstituted in vitro using recombinant proteins, represents a single step of the translocation reaction.
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- L Lévesque
- Center for Cell Signaling, Department of Biochemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Bassler J, Grandi P, Gadal O, Lessmann T, Petfalski E, Tollervey D, Lechner J, Hurt E. Identification of a 60S preribosomal particle that is closely linked to nuclear export. Mol Cell 2001; 8:517-29. [PMID: 11583615 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(01)00342-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A nuclear GTPase, Nug1p, was identified in a genetic screen for components linked to 60S ribosomal subunit export. Nug1p cosedimented with nuclear 60S preribosomes and was required for subunit export to the cytoplasm. Tagged Nug1p coprecipitated with proteins of the 60S subunit, late precursors to the 25S and 5.8S rRNAs, and at least 21 nonribosomal proteins. These included a homologous nuclear GTPase, Nug2p, the Noc2p/Noc3p heterodimer, Rix1p, and Rlp7p, each of which was implicated in 60S subunit export. Other known ribosome synthesis factors and proteins of previously unknown function, including the 559 kDa protein Ylr106p, also copurified. Eight of these proteins were copurified with nuclear pore complexes, suggesting that this complex represents the transport intermediate for 60S subunit export.
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- J Bassler
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Following transcription and processing, eukaryotic mRNAs are exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm for translation. Here we present evidence that mRNAs are targeted for nuclear export cotranscriptionally. Combined mutations in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae hnRNP Npl3 and TATA-binding protein (TBP) block mRNA export, implying that cotranscriptional recruitment of Npl3 is required for efficient export of mRNA. Furthermore, Npl3 can be found in a complex with RNA Pol II, indicating that Npl3 associates with the transcription machinery. Finally, Npl3 is recruited to genes in a transcription dependent manner as determined by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Another mRNA export factor, Yra1, also associates with chromatin cotranscriptionally but appears to be recruited at a later step. Taken together, our results suggest that export factors are recruited to the sites of transcription to promote efficient mRNA export.
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- E P Lei
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Ossareh-Nazari B, Maison C, Black BE, Lévesque L, Paschal BM, Dargemont C. RanGTP-binding protein NXT1 facilitates nuclear export of different classes of RNA in vitro. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:4562-71. [PMID: 10848583 PMCID: PMC85847 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.13.4562-4571.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/1999] [Accepted: 04/11/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To better characterize the mechanisms responsible for RNA export from the nucleus, we developed an in vitro assay based on the use of permeabilized HeLa cells. This new assay supports nuclear export of U1 snRNA, tRNA, and mRNA in an energy- and Xenopus extract-dependent manner. U1 snRNA export requires a 5' monomethylated cap structure, the nuclear export signal receptor CRM1, and the small GTPase Ran. In contrast, mRNA export does not require the participation of CRM1. We show here that NXT1, an NTF2-related protein that binds directly to RanGTP, strongly stimulates export of U1 snRNA, tRNA, and mRNA. The ability of NXT1 to promote export is dependent on its capacity to bind RanGTP. These results support the emerging view that NXT1 is a general export factor, functioning on both CRM1-dependent and CRM1-independent pathways of RNA export.
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- B Ossareh-Nazari
- Laboratoire de Transport Nucléocytoplasmique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 144, Institut Curie-CNRS, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Kang Y, Bogerd HP, Cullen BR. Analysis of cellular factors that mediate nuclear export of RNAs bearing the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus constitutive transport element. J Virol 2000; 74:5863-71. [PMID: 10846066 PMCID: PMC112081 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.13.5863-5871.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2000] [Accepted: 04/05/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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There is now convincing evidence that the human Tap protein plays a critical role in mediating the nuclear export of mRNAs that contain the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus constitutive transport element (CTE) and significant evidence that Tap also participates in global poly(A)(+) RNA export. Previously, we had mapped carboxy-terminal sequences in Tap that serve as an essential nucleocytoplasmic shuttling domain, while others had defined an overlapping Tap sequence that can bind to the FG repeat domains of certain nucleoporins. Here, we demonstrate that these two biological activities are functionally correlated. Specifically, mutations in Tap that block nucleoporin binding also block both nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and the Tap-dependent nuclear export of CTE-containing RNAs. In contrast, mutations that do not inhibit nucleoporin binding also fail to affect Tap shuttling. Together, these data indicate that Tap belongs to a novel class of RNA export factors that can target bound RNA molecules directly to the nuclear pore without the assistance of an importin beta-like cofactor. In addition to nucleoporins, Tap has also been proposed to interact with a cellular cofactor termed p15. Although we were able to confirm that Tap can indeed bind p15 specifically both in vivo and in vitro, a mutation in Tap that blocked p15 binding only modestly inhibited CTE-dependent nuclear RNA export. However, p15 did significantly enhance the affinity of Tap for the CTE in vitro and readily formed a ternary complex with Tap on the CTE. This result suggests that p15 may play a significant role in the recruitment of the Tap nuclear export factor to target RNA molecules in vivo.
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- Y Kang
- Department of Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Davis CA, Grate L, Spingola M, Ares M. Test of intron predictions reveals novel splice sites, alternatively spliced mRNAs and new introns in meiotically regulated genes of yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:1700-6. [PMID: 10734188 PMCID: PMC102823 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.8.1700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2000] [Revised: 03/01/2000] [Accepted: 03/01/2000] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Correct identification of all introns is necessary to discern the protein-coding potential of a eukaryotic genome. The existence of most of the spliceosomal introns predicted in the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae remains unsupported by molecular evidence. We tested the intron predictions for 87 introns predicted to be present in non-ribosomal protein genes, more than a third of all known or suspected introns in the yeast genome. Evidence supporting 61 of these predictions was obtained, 20 predicted intron sequences were not spliced and six predictions identified an intron-containing region but failed to specify the correct splice sites, yielding a successful prediction rate of <80%. Alternative splicing has not been previously described for this organism, and we identified two genes (YKL186C/ MTR2 and YML034W) which encode alternatively spliced mRNAs; YKL186C/ MTR2 produces at least five different spliced mRNAs. One gene (YGR225W/ SPO70 ) has an intron whose removal is activated during meiosis under control of the MER1 gene. We found eight new introns, suggesting that numerous introns still remain to be discovered. The results show that correct prediction of introns remains a significant barrier to understanding the structure, function and coding capacity of eukaryotic genomes, even in a supposedly simple system like yeast.
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- C A Davis
- Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, 423 Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Stutz F, Bachi A, Doerks T, Braun IC, Séraphin B, Wilm M, Bork P, Izaurralde E. REF, an evolutionary conserved family of hnRNP-like proteins, interacts with TAP/Mex67p and participates in mRNA nuclear export. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2000; 6:638-650. [PMID: 10786854 PMCID: PMC1369944 DOI: 10.1017/s1355838200000078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Vertebrate TAP and its yeast ortholog Mex67p are involved in the export of messenger RNAs from the nucleus. TAP has also been implicated in the export of simian type D viral RNAs bearing the constitutive transport element (CTE). Although TAP directly interacts with CTE-bearing RNAs, the mode of interaction of TAP/Mex67p with cellular mRNAs is different from that with the CTE RNA and is likely to be mediated by protein-protein interactions. Here we show that Mex67p directly interacts with Yra1p, an essential yeast hnRNP-like protein. This interaction is evolutionarily conserved as Yra1p also interacts with TAP. Conditional expression in yeast cells implicates Yra1 p in the export of cellular mRNAs. Database searches revealed that Yra1p belongs to an evolutionarily conserved family of hnRNP-like proteins having more than one member in Mus musculus, Xenopus laevis, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Schizosaccharomyces pombe and at least one member in several species including plants. The murine members of the family directly interact with TAP. Because members of this protein family are characterized by the presence of one RNP-motif RNA-binding domain and exhibit RNA-binding activity, we called these proteins REF-bps for RNA and export factor binding proteins. Thus, Yra1p and members of the REF family of hnRNP-like proteins may facilitate the interaction of TAP/Mex67p with cellular mRNAs.
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- F Stutz
- Institute of Microbiology, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Strässer K, Hurt E. Yra1p, a conserved nuclear RNA-binding protein, interacts directly with Mex67p and is required for mRNA export. EMBO J 2000; 19:410-20. [PMID: 10722314 PMCID: PMC305578 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.3.410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mex67p and Mtr2p constitute an essential mRNA export complex that interacts with poly(A)+ RNA and nuclear pore proteins. We have identified Yra1p, an intranuclear protein with in vitro RNA-RNA annealing activity, which directly binds to Mex67p. The complex between Yra1p and Mex67p was reconstituted in vitro and shown by UV-crosslinking to bind directly to RNA. Mutants of YRA1 are impaired in nuclear poly(A)+ RNA export at restrictive growth conditions. ALY, the mouse homologue of Yra1p and a transcriptional coactivator, can bind in vitro to yeast and human Mex67p and partly complements the otherwise non-viable yra1 null mutant. Thus, Yra1p is the first RNA-binding protein characterized, which bridges the shuttling Mex67p/Mtr2p exporter to intranuclear mRNA transport cargoes.
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- K Strässer
- BZH, Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Germany
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Black BE, Lévesque L, Holaska JM, Wood TC, Paschal BM. Identification of an NTF2-related factor that binds Ran-GTP and regulates nuclear protein export. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:8616-24. [PMID: 10567585 PMCID: PMC84993 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.12.8616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/1999] [Accepted: 09/03/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Active transport of macromolecules between the nucleus and cytoplasm requires signals for import and export and their recognition by shuttling receptors. Each class of macromolecule is thought to have a distinct receptor that mediates the transport reaction. Assembly and disassembly reactions of receptor-substrate complexes are coordinated by Ran, a GTP-binding protein whose nucleotide state is regulated catalytically by effector proteins. Ran function is modulated in a noncatalytic fashion by NTF2, a protein that mediates nuclear import of Ran-GDP. Here we characterize a novel component of the Ran system that is 26% identical to NTF2, which based on its function we refer to as NTF2-related export protein 1 (NXT1). In contrast to NTF2, NXT1 preferentially binds Ran-GTP, and it colocalizes with the nuclear pore complex (NPC) in mammalian cells. These properties, together with the fact that NXT1 shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm, suggest an active role in nuclear transport. Indeed, NXT1 stimulates nuclear protein export of the NES-containing protein PKI in vitro. The export function of NXT1 is blocked by the addition of leptomycin B, a compound that selectively inhibits the NES receptor Crm1. Thus, NXT1 regulates the Crm1-dependent export pathway through its direct interaction with Ran-GTP.
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- B E Black
- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Liu Y, Guo W, Tartakoff PY, Tartakoff AM. A Crm1p-independent nuclear export path for the mRNA-associated protein, Npl3p/Mtr13p. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:6739-44. [PMID: 10359782 PMCID: PMC21985 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.12.6739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/1998] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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mRNA export involves association of mRNAs with nucleoplasmic proteins, delivery to the nuclear pore complex, translocation to the cytoplasm, and reimport of recycling components. Many yeast mutants inhibit mRNA export, but there is little information concerning the RNA carriers and steps of transport that they affect. The hnRNP/serine-arginine-rich-like protein, Npl3p/Mtr13p, binds poly(A)+ RNA and shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Its export accelerates on inhibition of RNA synthesis. In vivo tests show that its export requires two proteins with putative leucine-rich nuclear export signals: Gle1p, Mex67p, and several additional nuclear and nuclear pore complex-associated proteins. Surprisingly, a nonnuclear pool of an import factor (the importin alpha homologue, Srp1p) is also required. Changes in the methylation status of Npl3p do not correlate with its nucleocytoplasmic distribution. A crm1 mutant that inhibits export of proteins with leucine-rich nuclear export signals and mRNAs does not inhibit Npl3p export. Moreover, several proteins needed for Npl3p export are not needed for export of a typical Crm1p cargo. Thus, Npl3p export requires only a subset of proteins implicated in mRNA export, suggesting that more than one mRNA export path exists. A distinct group of mutants, including a mutation of a member of the importin beta superfamily, inhibits Npl3p reimport from the cytoplasm.
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- Y Liu
- Pathology Department and Cell Biology Program, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Kang Y, Cullen BR. The human Tap protein is a nuclear mRNA export factor that contains novel RNA-binding and nucleocytoplasmic transport sequences. Genes Dev 1999; 13:1126-39. [PMID: 10323864 PMCID: PMC316956 DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.9.1126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The constitutive transport element (CTE) encoded by simian type D retroviruses directs unspliced viral RNAs into a nuclear export pathway that is congruent with the pathway used by cellular mRNAs. Here, we show that quail cells are refractory to CTE function but become highly permissive upon expression of the human Tap protein, a candidate CTE cofactor. Tap contains a novel sequence-specific RNA binding domain that is sufficient for CTE binding but inadequate to support CTE function. Using microinjection assays, we have defined two NLSs and one NES in Tap. Mutational inactivation of the Tap NES, which lies outside the RNA-binding domain, not only blocks Tap function but also generates dominant-negative forms of Tap. Whereas replacement of the Tap NES with the well-defined Rev NES rescues the ability of Tap to support CTE function, this substitution also confers sensitivity to agents that block the activity of Crm1, the Rev NES cofactor. Together, these data validate Tap as the first human sequence-specific nuclear mRNA export factor and identify a novel type of NES that can support nuclear mRNA export but does not act via Crm1.
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- Y Kang
- Department of Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Hellmuth K, Lau DM, Bischoff FR, Künzler M, Hurt E, Simos G. Yeast Los1p has properties of an exportin-like nucleocytoplasmic transport factor for tRNA. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:6374-86. [PMID: 9774653 PMCID: PMC109223 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.11.6374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Los1p, which is genetically linked to the nuclear pore protein Nsp1p and several tRNA biogenesis factors, was recently grouped into the family of importin/karyopherin-beta-like proteins on the basis of its sequence similarity. In a two-hybrid screen, we identified Nup2p as a nucleoporin interacting with Los1p. Subsequent purification of Los1p from yeast demonstrates its physical association not only with Nup2p but also with Nsp1p. By the use of the Gsp1p-G21V mutant, Los1p was shown to preferentially bind to the GTP-bound form of yeast Ran. Furthermore, overexpression of full-length or N-terminally truncated Los1p was shown to have dominant-negative effects on cell growth and different nuclear export pathways. Finally, Los1p could interact with Gsp1p-GTP, but only in the presence of tRNA, as revealed in an indirect in vitro binding assay. These data confirm the homology between Los1p and the recently identified human exportin for tRNA and reinforce the possibility of a role for Los1p in nuclear export of tRNA in yeast.
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- K Hellmuth
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Santos-Rosa H, Moreno H, Simos G, Segref A, Fahrenkrog B, Panté N, Hurt E. Nuclear mRNA export requires complex formation between Mex67p and Mtr2p at the nuclear pores. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:6826-38. [PMID: 9774696 PMCID: PMC109266 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.11.6826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have identified between Mex67p and Mtr2p a complex which is essential for mRNA export. This complex, either isolated from yeast or assembled in Escherichia coli, can bind in vitro to RNA through Mex67p. In vivo, Mex67p requires Mtr2p for association with the nuclear pores, which can be abolished by mutating either MEX67 or MTR2. In all cases, detachment of Mex67p from the pores into the cytoplasm correlates with a strong inhibition of mRNA export. At the nuclear pores, Nup85p represents one of the targets with which the Mex67p-Mtr2p complex interacts. Thus, Mex67p and Mtr2p constitute a novel mRNA export complex which can bind to RNA via Mex67p and which interacts with nuclear pores via Mtr2p.
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- H Santos-Rosa
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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The nucleolus of eukaryotic cells was first described in the early 19th century and was discovered in the 1960s to be the seat of ribosome synthesis. Although rRNA transcription, rRNA processing and ribosome assembly have been clearly established as major functions of the nucleolus, recent studies suggest that the nucleolus participates in many other aspects of gene expression as well. Thus, the nucleolus has been implicated in the processing or nuclear export of certain mRNAs. In addition, new results indicate that biosyntheses of signal recognition particle RNA and telomerase RNA involve a nucleolar stage and that the nucleolus is also involved in processing of U6 RNA, one of the spliceosomal small nuclear RNAs. Interestingly, these three nucleolus-associated small nuclear RNAs (signal recognition particle RNA, telomerase RNA and U6 RNA) are components of catalytic ribonucleoprotein machines. Finally, recent work has also suggested that some transfer RNA precursors are processed in the nucleolus. The nucleolus may have evolutionarily descended from a proto-eukaryotic minimal genome that was spatially linked to vicinal RNA processing and ribonucleoprotein assembly events involved in gene read-out. The nucleolus of today's eukaryotes, now surrounded by the chromatin of over 2 billion years of genome expansion, may still perform these ancient functions, in addition to ribosome biosynthesis. The plurifunctional nucleolus concept has a strong footing in contemporary data and adds a new perspective to our current picture of the spatial-functional design of the cell nucleus.
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- T Pederson
- Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester Foundation Campus, 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, USA.
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Tseng SS, Weaver PL, Liu Y, Hitomi M, Tartakoff AM, Chang TH. Dbp5p, a cytosolic RNA helicase, is required for poly(A)+ RNA export. EMBO J 1998; 17:2651-62. [PMID: 9564047 PMCID: PMC1170606 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.9.2651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The DBP5 gene encodes a putative RNA helicase of unknown function in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is shown here that Dbp5p is an ATP-dependent RNA helicase required for polyadenylated [poly(A)+] RNA export. Surprisingly, Dbp5p is present predominantly, if not exclusively, in the cytoplasm, and is highly enriched around the nuclear envelope. This observation raises the possibility that Dbp5p may play a role in unloading or remodeling messenger RNA particles (mRNPs) upon arrival in the cytoplasm and in coupling mRNP export and translation. The functions of Dbp5p are likely to be conserved, since its potential homologues can be found in a variety of eukaryotic cells.
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- S S Tseng
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Senger B, Simos G, Bischoff FR, Podtelejnikov A, Mann M, Hurt E. Mtr10p functions as a nuclear import receptor for the mRNA-binding protein Npl3p. EMBO J 1998; 17:2196-207. [PMID: 9545233 PMCID: PMC1170564 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.8.2196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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MTR10, previously shown to be involved in mRNA export, was found in a synthetic lethal relationship with nucleoporin NUP85. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Mtr10p localizes preferentially inside the nucleus, but a nuclear pore and cytoplasmic distribution is also evident. Purified Mtr10p forms a complex with Npl3p, an RNA-binding protein that shuttles in and out of the nucleus. In mtr10 mutants, nuclear uptake of Npl3p is strongly impaired at the restrictive temperature, while import of a classic nuclear localization signal (NLS)-containing protein is not. Accordingly, the NLS within Npl3p is extended and consists of the RGG box plus a short and non-repetitive C-terminal tail. Mtr10p interacts in vitro with Gsp1p-GTP, but with low affinity. Interestingly, Npl3p dissociates from Mtr10p only by incubation with Ran-GTP plus RNA. This suggests that Npl3p follows a distinct nuclear import pathway and that intranuclear release from its specific import receptor Mtr10p requires the cooperative action of both Ran-GTP and newly synthesized mRNA.
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- B Senger
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, Germany
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Fabre E, Hurt E. Yeast genetics to dissect the nuclear pore complex and nucleocytoplasmic trafficking. Annu Rev Genet 1998; 31:277-313. [PMID: 9442897 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.31.1.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Eukaryotic cells evolved when their genetic information was packed into the cell nucleus. DNA replication and RNA biogenesis occur inside the nucleus while protein synthesis takes place in the cytoplasm. Bi-directional trafficking between these two compartments is mediated by a single supramolecular assembly, the nuclear pore complex. Nucleocytoplasmic transport is signal mediated, energy dependent, and requires, besides nuclear pore proteins (nucleoporins), a number of soluble transport factors. We review here our current knowledge on the role of nucleoporins, and on the mechanism of nucleocytoplasmic transport, with emphasis on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- E Fabre
- Institut Pasteur, Département des Biotechnologies, Paris, France.
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Yoon JH, Whalen WA, Bharathi A, Shen R, Dhar R. Npp106p, a Schizosaccharomyces pombe nucleoporin similar to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nic96p, functionally interacts with Rae1p in mRNA export. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:7047-60. [PMID: 9372936 PMCID: PMC232561 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.12.7047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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To identify components of the mRNA export machinery in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a screen was developed to identify mutations that were synthetically lethal with the conditional mRNA export allele rae1-167. Mutations defining three complementation groups were isolated, and here we report the characterization of npp106 (for nuclear pore protein of 106 kDa). This gene encodes a predicted protein that has significant similarity to the Nic96p nucleoporin of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Consistent with Npp106p being a nucleoporin, a functional green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Npp106p localized to the nuclear periphery. In contrast to NIC96, the npp106 gene is not essential. Moreover, a delta npp106 mutant did not show cytoplasmic mislocalization of a simian virus 40 nuclear localization signal-GFP-LacZ reporter protein, and a fraction of cells had accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA in the nucleus. A consequence of the synthetic lethality between rae1-167 and npp106-1 was the accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA in the nucleus when cells were grown under synthetic lethal conditions. In addition to npp106-1, which is a nonsense mutation that truncates the protein at amino acid 292, the delta npp106 mutation was synthetically lethal with rae1-167, suggesting that the synthetic lethality is a consequence of the loss of a function of npp106. We further demonstrate that a region between amino acids 74 and 348 of Npp106p is required for complementation of the synthetic lethality. These results uncover a potential direct or indirect involvement of Npp106p in mRNA export.
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- J H Yoon
- Laboratory of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Hamill DR, Suprenant KA. Characterization of the sea urchin major vault protein: a possible role for vault ribonucleoprotein particles in nucleocytoplasmic transport. Dev Biol 1997; 190:117-28. [PMID: 9331335 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Vaults are large ribonucleoprotein particles that have been identified in a wide range of eukaryotic organisms. Although present in thousands of copies per cell, their function remains unknown. In this report, we identify the major vault protein in sea urchins as a 107-kDa polypeptide that copurifies with microtubules and ribosomes. Although initially identified in microtubule preparations, the sea urchin major vault protein is not predominantly microtubule-associated in vivo. Rather, the sea urchin major vault protein is present throughout the cytoplasm in eggs and embryos and in the nucleus in adult somatic cells. Within the nucleus, the sea urchin major vault protein is concentrated in the region of the nucleolus and to punctate regions of the nuclear envelope. In addition, the vault protein localizes to short linear strings juxtaposed to the exterior of the nucleus and extending outward into the cytoplasm. Based on their copurification and intracellular distribution, vaults may be involved in the nucleocytoplasmic transport of ribosomes and/or mRNA.
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- D R Hamill
- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045, USA
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Azad AK, Tani T, Shiki N, Tsuneyoshi S, Urushiyama S, Ohshima Y. Isolation and molecular characterization of mRNA transport mutants in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Biol Cell 1997; 8:825-41. [PMID: 9168469 PMCID: PMC276132 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.5.825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Nucleocytoplasmic transport of mRNA is essential for eukaryotic gene expression. However, how mRNA is exported from the nucleus is mostly unknown. To elucidate the mechanisms of mRNA transport, we took a genetic approach to identify genes, the products of which play a role in that process. From about 1000 temperature -sensitive (ts- or cs-) mutants, we identified five ts- mutants that are defective in poly(A)+ RNA transport by using a situ hybridization with an oligo(dT)50 as a probe. These mutants accumulate poly(A)+ RNA in the nuclei when shifted to a nonpermissive temperature. All five mutations are tightly linked to the ts- growth defects, are recessive, and fall into four different groups designated as ptr 1-4 (poly(A)+ RNA transport). Interestingly, each group of mutants has a differential localization pattern of poly(A)+ RNA in the nuclei at the nonpermissive temperature, suggesting that they have defects at different steps of the mRNA transport pathway. Localization of a nucleoplasmin-green fluorescent protein fusion suggests that ptr2 and ptr3 have defects also in nuclear protein import. Among the isolated mutants, only ptr2 showed a defect in pre-mRNA splicing. We cloned the ptr2+ and ptr3+ genes and found that they encode Schizosaccharomyces pombe homologues of the mammalian RCC1, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for RAN/TC4, and the ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1 involved in ubiquitin conjugation, respectively. The ptr3+ gene is essential for cell viability, and Ptr3p tagged with green fluorescent protein was localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. This is the first report suggesting that the ubiquitin system plays a role in mRNA export.
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- A K Azad
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Abstract
RNA molecules synthesized in the nucleus are transported to their sites of function throughout the eukaryotic cell by specific transport pathways. This review focuses on transport of messenger RNA, small nuclear RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The general molecular mechanisms involved in nucleocytoplasmic transport of RNA are only beginning to be understood. However, during the past few years, substantial progress has been made. A major theme that emerges from recent studies of RNA transport is that specific signals mediate the transport of each class of RNA, and these signals are provided largely by the specific proteins with which each RNA is associated.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Nakielny
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6148, USA
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