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Liu C, Xie Q, Hu Q, Xiang B, Zhao K, Chen X, Zheng F. Identification of biallelic mutations in MCM3AP and comprehensive literature analysis. Front Genet 2024; 15:1405644. [PMID: 39228414 PMCID: PMC11368841 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1405644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
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Background Minichromosome maintenance complex component 3 associated protein (MCM3AP) is a gene in which mutations can result in autosomal recessive peripheral neuropathy with or without impaired intellectual development. The MCM3AP genotype-phenotype correlation and prognosis remain unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the genotype-phenotype correlations pertaining to MCM3AP. Methods Whole-exome sequencing (WES) combined with copy number variation sequencing (CNV-seq) were performed on the genomic DNA isolated from a Chinese family, and Sanger sequencing, quantitative PCR and cDNA analyses were performed to examine the mutations. The retrospective study was conducted on 28 individuals with biallelic MCM3AP mutation-related diseases, including features such as mutations, motor development impairment, intellectual disability, weakness/atrophy, and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities. Results Sequencing identified novel compound heterozygous mutations in MCM3AP, namely, a paternal variant c.1_5426del (loss of exons 1-25) and a maternal splicing variant c.1858 + 3A>G. Functional studies revealed that the variant c.1858 + 3A>G resulted in the heterozygous deletion of exon 5, thereby affecting splicing functionality. Furthermore, the compound heterozygous mutation may affect the functionality of the protein domain. Retrospective analysis revealed different genotype-phenotype correlations for the pathogenic variants in biallelic MCM3AP: all individuals (100%) with mutations outside the Sac3 domain exhibited early-onset symptoms, motor developmental delays, and cognitive abnormalities, conversely, the proportions of individuals carrying mutations within the domain were 26.7% (motor delays) and 46.7% (cognitive abnormalities). Conclusion Our findings further expand the genetic mutation spectrum of biallelic MCM3AP and highlight the genotype-phenotype associations. Additionally, we elaborate on the importance of rehabilitation intervention.
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- Chan Liu
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Pediatrics Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Dandage R, Papkov M, Greco BM, Fishman D, Friesen H, Wang K, Styles E, Kraus O, Grys B, Boone C, Andrews B, Parts L, Kuzmin E. Single-cell imaging of protein dynamics of paralogs reveals mechanisms of gene retention. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.23.568466. [PMID: 38045359 PMCID: PMC10690282 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.23.568466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Gene duplication is common across the tree of life, including yeast and humans, and contributes to genomic robustness. In this study, we examined changes in the subcellular localization and abundance of proteins in response to the deletion of their paralogs originating from the whole-genome duplication event, which is a largely unexplored mechanism of functional divergence. We performed a systematic single-cell imaging analysis of protein dynamics and screened subcellular redistribution of proteins, capturing their localization and abundance changes, providing insight into forces determining paralog retention. Paralogs showed dependency, whereby proteins required their paralog to maintain their native abundance or localization, more often than compensation. Network feature analysis suggested the importance of functional redundancy and rewiring of protein and genetic interactions underlying redistribution response of paralogs. Translation of non-canonical protein isoform emerged as a novel compensatory mechanism. This study provides new insights into paralog retention and evolutionary forces that shape genomes.
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Woldegebriel R, Kvist J, Andersson N, Õunap K, Reinson K, Wojcik MH, Bijlsma EK, Hoffer MJV, Ryan MM, Stark Z, Walsh M, Cuppen I, van den Boogaard MJH, Bharucha-Goebel D, Donkervoort S, Winchester S, Zori R, Bönnemann CG, Maroofian R, O’Connor E, Houlden H, Zhao F, Carpén O, White M, Sreedharan J, Stewart M, Ylikallio E, Tyynismaa H. Distinct effects on mRNA export factor GANP underlie neurological disease phenotypes and alter gene expression depending on intron content. Hum Mol Genet 2020; 29:1426-1439. [PMID: 32202298 PMCID: PMC7297229 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Defects in the mRNA export scaffold protein GANP, encoded by the MCM3AP gene, cause autosomal recessive early-onset peripheral neuropathy with or without intellectual disability. We extend here the phenotypic range associated with MCM3AP variants, by describing a severely hypotonic child and a sibling pair with a progressive encephalopathic syndrome. In addition, our analysis of skin fibroblasts from affected individuals from seven unrelated families indicates that disease variants result in depletion of GANP except when they alter critical residues in the Sac3 mRNA binding domain. GANP depletion was associated with more severe phenotypes compared with the Sac3 variants. Patient fibroblasts showed transcriptome alterations that suggested intron content-dependent regulation of gene expression. For example, all differentially expressed intronless genes were downregulated, including ATXN7L3B, which couples mRNA export to transcription activation by association with the TREX-2 and SAGA complexes. Our results provide insight into the molecular basis behind genotype-phenotype correlations in MCM3AP-associated disease and suggest mechanisms by which GANP defects might alter RNA metabolism.
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- Rosa Woldegebriel
- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
- Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Divisions of Genetics and Genomics and Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
- Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Division of Neurology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Child Neurology Center of Northwest Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Genetics, HUSLAB Laboratories, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Ave, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
- Clinical Neurosciences, Neurology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Stem Cells and Metabolism Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
- Neuroscience Center, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Xiao C, Yu Q, Zhang B, Li J, Zhang D, Li M. The mRNA export factor Sac3 maintains nuclear homeostasis and regulates cytoskeleton organization in Candida albicans. Future Microbiol 2018; 13:283-296. [PMID: 29436239 DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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AIM In eukaryotes, the nuclear export of mRNAs is essential for gene expression and regulations of numerous cellular processes. This study aimed to identify the mRNA export factor Sac3 in Candida albicans. MATERIALS & METHODS A sac3Δ/Δ mutant was obtained using PCR-mediated homologous recombination. RESULTS Disruption of SAC3 caused abnormal accumulation of mRNA in the nuclei. Further investigations revealed that sac3Δ/Δ mutant exhibited a severely growth defect, which was related to abnormal aggregation of microtubules. Moreover, loss of Sac3 caused a defect in hyphal polarized growth, which was associated with depolarization of actin cytoskeleton. In addition, the virulence of sac3Δ/Δ mutant was seriously attenuated. CONCLUSION Our findings provide new insights into the mRNA export factor Sac3 in C. albicans.
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- Chenpeng Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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Santos-Pereira JM, García-Rubio ML, González-Aguilera C, Luna R, Aguilera A. A genome-wide function of THSC/TREX-2 at active genes prevents transcription-replication collisions. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:12000-14. [PMID: 25294824 PMCID: PMC4231764 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The THSC/TREX-2 complex of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediates the anchoring of transcribed genes to the nuclear pore, linking transcription elongation with mRNA export and genome stability, as shown for specific reporters. However, it is still unknown whether the function of TREX-2 is global and the reason for its relevant role in genome integrity. Here, by studying two TREX-2 representative subunits, Thp1 and Sac3, we show that TREX-2 has a genome-wide role in gene expression. Both proteins show similar distributions along the genome, with a gradient disposition at active genes that increases towards the 3′ end. Thp1 and Sac3 have a relevant impact on the expression of long, G+C-rich and highly transcribed genes. Interestingly, replication impairment detected by the genome-wide accumulation of the replicative Rrm3 helicase is increased preferentially at highly expressed genes in the thp1Δ and sac3Δ mutants analyzed. Therefore, our work provides evidence of a function of TREX-2 at the genome-wide level and suggests a role for TREX-2 in preventing transcription–replication conflicts, as a source of genome instability derived from a defective messenger ribonucleoprotein particle (mRNP) biogenesis.
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- José M Santos-Pereira
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, 41092 Seville, Spain
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Kon T, Mori F, Tanji K, Miki Y, Toyoshima Y, Yoshida M, Sasaki H, Kakita A, Takahashi H, Wakabayashi K. ALS-associated protein FIG4 is localized in Pick and Lewy bodies, and also neuronal nuclear inclusions, in polyglutamine and intranuclear inclusion body diseases. Neuropathology 2013; 34:19-26. [DOI: 10.1111/neup.12056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Tomoya Kon
- Department of Neuropathology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; Hirosaki
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- Department of Neuropathology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; Hirosaki
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- Department of Neuropathology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; Hirosaki
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- Department of Neuropathology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; Hirosaki
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- Department of Neuropathology; Aichi Medical University; Nagakute
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- Department of Neurology; Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine; Sapporo Japan
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- Department of Pathological Neuroscience; Center for Bioresource-based Researches; University of Niigata; Niigata
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- Department of Neuropathology; Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; Hirosaki
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Fig4 expression in the rodent nervous system and its potential role in preventing abnormal lysosomal accumulation. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2012; 71:28-39. [PMID: 22157617 DOI: 10.1097/nen.0b013e31823deda8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The phosphatase FIG4 regulates the concentration of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-diphosphate (PI3,5P2), a molecule critical for endosomal/lysosomal membrane trafficking and neuron function. We investigated Fig4 expression in the developing CNS of mice and rats using Western blot, real-time polymerase chain reaction, and morphological techniques in situ and in vitro and after spinal cord injury. Fig4 was expressed at a high levels throughout development in myelinating cells, particularly Schwann cells, and dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons. Fig4 protein and mRNA in CNS neurons were markedly diminished in adult versus embryonal animals. Spinal cord hemisection induced upregulation of Fig4 in adult spinal cord tissues that was associated with accumulation of lysosomes in neurons and glia. This accumulation appeared similar to the abnormal lysosomal storage observed in dorsal root ganglia of young fig4-null mice. The results suggest that Fig4 is involved in normal neural development and the maintenance of peripheral nervous system myelin. We speculate that adequate levels of Fig4 may be required to prevent neurons and glia from excessive lysosomal accumulation after injury and in neurodegeneration.
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Muszewska A, Taylor JW, Szczesny P, Grynberg M. Independent subtilases expansions in fungi associated with animals. Mol Biol Evol 2011; 28:3395-404. [PMID: 21727238 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Many socially important fungi encode an elevated number of subtilisin-like serine proteases, which have been shown to be involved in fungal mutualisms with grasses and in parasitism of insects, nematodes, plants, other fungi, and mammalian skin. These proteins have endopeptidase activities and constitute a significant part of fungal secretomes. Here, we use comparative genomics to investigate the relationship between the quality and quantity of serine proteases and the ability of fungi to cause disease in invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Our screen of previously unexamined fungi allowed us to annotate and identify nearly 1000 subtilisin-containing proteins and to describe six new categories of serine proteases. Architectures of predicted proteases reveal novel combinations of subtilisin domains with other, co-occurring domains. Phylogenetic analysis of the most common clade of fungal proteases, proteinase K, showed that gene family size changed independently in fungi, pathogenic to invertebrates (Hypocreales) and vertebrates (Onygenales). Interestingly, simultaneous expansions in the S8 and S53 families of subtilases in a single fungal species are rare. Our analysis finds that closely related systemic human pathogens may not show the same gene family expansions, and that related pathogens and nonpathogens may show the same type of gene family expansion. Therefore, the number of proteases does not appear to relate to pathogenicity. Instead, we hypothesize that the number of fungal serine proteases in a species is related to the use of the animal as a food source, whether it is dead or alive.
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- Anna Muszewska
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland.
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Lu Q, Tang X, Tian G, Wang F, Liu K, Nguyen V, Kohalmi SE, Keller WA, Tsang EWT, Harada JJ, Rothstein SJ, Cui Y. Arabidopsis homolog of the yeast TREX-2 mRNA export complex: components and anchoring nucleoporin. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 61:259-70. [PMID: 19843313 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are vital to nuclear-cytoplasmic communication in eukaryotes. The yeast NPC-associated TREX-2 complex, also known as the Thp1-Sac3-Cdc31-Sus1 complex, is anchored on the NPC via the nucleoporin Nup1, and is essential for mRNA export. Here we report the identification and characterization of the putative Arabidopsis thaliana TREX-2 complex and its anchoring nucleoporin. Physical and functional evidence support the identification of the Arabidopsis orthologs of yeast Thp1 and Nup1. Of three Arabidopsis homologs of yeast Sac3, two are putative TREX-2 components, but, surprisingly, none are required for mRNA export as they are in yeast. Physical association of the two Cdc31 homologs, but not the Sus1 homolog, with the TREX-2 complex was observed. In addition to identification of these TREX-2 components, direct interactions of the Arabidopsis homolog of DSS1, which is an established proteasome component in yeast and animals, with both the TREX-2 complex and the proteasome were observed. This suggests the possibility of a link between the two complexes. Thus this work has identified the putative Arabidopsis TREX-2 complex and provides a foundation for future studies of nuclear export in Arabidopsis.
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- Qing Lu
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada
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Identification of CCR4 and other essential thyroid hormone receptor co-activators by modified yeast synthetic genetic array analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:19854-9. [PMID: 19903885 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910134106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Identification of thyroid hormone receptor (TR) co-regulators has enhanced our understanding of thyroid hormone (TH) action. However, it is likely that many other co-regulators remained unidentified, and unbiased methods are required to discover these proteins. We have previously demonstrated that the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent system in which to study TR action, and that defined TR signaling complexes in a eukaryotic background devoid of complicating influences of mammalian cell co-regulators can be constructed and analyzed for endogenous yeast genes, many of which are conserved in mammals. Here, a modified synthetic genetic array analysis was performed by crossing a yeast strain that expressed TRbeta1 and the co-activator GRIP1/SRC2 with 384 yeast strains bearing deletions of known genes. Eight genes essential for TH action were isolated, of which 4 are conserved in mammals. Examination of one, the yeast CCR4 and its human homolog CCR4/NOT6 (hCCR4), confirmed that (i) transfected CCR4 potentiates a TH response in cultured cells more efficiently than established TR co-activators and (ii) knockdown of CCR4 expression strongly inhibited a TH response (>80%). TH treatment promoted rapid and sustained hCCR4 recruitment to the TH-responsive deiodinase 1 promoter and TR co-localizes with hCCR4 in the nucleus and interacts with hCCR4 in 2-hybrid and pull-down assays. These findings indicate that a modified yeast synthetic genetic array strategy is a feasible method for unbiased identification of conserved genes essential for TR and other nuclear receptor hormone functions in mammals.
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Rational extension of the ribosome biogenesis pathway using network-guided genetics. PLoS Biol 2009; 7:e1000213. [PMID: 19806183 PMCID: PMC2749941 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Biogenesis of ribosomes is an essential cellular process conserved across all eukaryotes and is known to require >170 genes for the assembly, modification, and trafficking of ribosome components through multiple cellular compartments. Despite intensive study, this pathway likely involves many additional genes. Here, we employ network-guided genetics-an approach for associating candidate genes with biological processes that capitalizes on recent advances in functional genomic and proteomic studies-to computationally identify additional ribosomal biogenesis genes. We experimentally evaluated >100 candidate yeast genes in a battery of assays, confirming involvement of at least 15 new genes, including previously uncharacterized genes (YDL063C, YIL091C, YOR287C, YOR006C/TSR3, YOL022C/TSR4). We associate the new genes with specific aspects of ribosomal subunit maturation, ribosomal particle association, and ribosomal subunit nuclear export, and we identify genes specifically required for the processing of 5S, 7S, 20S, 27S, and 35S rRNAs. These results reveal new connections between ribosome biogenesis and mRNA splicing and add >10% new genes-most with human orthologs-to the biogenesis pathway, significantly extending our understanding of a universally conserved eukaryotic process.
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Jani D, Lutz S, Marshall NJ, Fischer T, Köhler A, Ellisdon AM, Hurt E, Stewart M. Sus1, Cdc31, and the Sac3 CID region form a conserved interaction platform that promotes nuclear pore association and mRNA export. Mol Cell 2009; 33:727-37. [PMID: 19328066 PMCID: PMC2726291 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The yeast Sac3:Cdc31:Sus1:Thp1 (TREX-2) complex facilitates the repositioning and association of actively transcribing genes with nuclear pores (NPCs)—“gene gating”—that is central to integrating transcription, processing, and mRNA nuclear export. We present here the crystal structure of Sus1 and Cdc31 bound to a central region of Sac3 (the CID domain) that is crucial for its function. Sac3CID forms a long, gently undulating α helix around which one Cdc31 and two Sus1 chains are wrapped. Sus1 has an articulated helical hairpin fold that facilitates its wrapping around Sac3. In vivo studies using engineered mutations that selectively disrupted binding of individual chains to Sac3 indicated that Sus1 and Cdc31 function synergistically to promote NPC association of TREX-2 and mRNA nuclear export. These data indicate Sac3CID provides a scaffold within TREX-2 to integrate interactions between protein complexes to facilitate the coupling of transcription and mRNA export during gene expression.
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- Divyang Jani
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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Klöckner C, Schneider M, Lutz S, Jani D, Kressler D, Stewart M, Hurt E, Köhler A. Mutational uncoupling of the role of Sus1 in nuclear pore complex targeting of an mRNA export complex and histone H2B deubiquitination. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:12049-56. [PMID: 19269973 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900502200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Sus1 is an evolutionary conserved protein that functions both in transcription and mRNA export and has been proposed to contribute to coupling these processes in yeast. Sus1 mediates its different roles as a component of both the histone H2B deubiquitinating module (Sus1-Sgf11-Ubp8-Sgf73) of the SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5 acetyltransferase) transcriptional co-activator and the mRNA export complex, TREX-2 (Sus1-Sac3-Thp1-Cdc31). We have dissected the different functions of Sus1 with respect to its partitioning in transcription and export complexes using a mutational approach. Here we show that the sus1-10 (E18A, S19A, and G20A) and sus1-12 (V73A and D75A) alleles of Sus1 can be dissociated from TREX-2 while leaving its interaction with SAGA largely intact. Conversely, the binding to both TREX-2 and SAGA was impaired in the sus1-11 allele (G37A and W38A), in which two highly conserved residues were mutated. In vitro experiments demonstrated that dissociation of mutant Sus1 from its partners is caused by a reduced affinity toward the TREX-2 subunit, Sac3, and the SAGA factor, Sgf11, respectively. Consistent with the biochemical data, these sus1 mutant alleles showed differential genetic relationships with SAGA and mRNA export mutants. In vivo, all three sus1 mutants were impaired in targeting TREX-2 (i.e. Sac3) to the nuclear pore complexes and exhibited nuclear mRNA export defects. This study has implications for how Sus1, in combination with distinct interaction partners, can regulate diverse aspects of gene expression.
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- Christoph Klöckner
- Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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The classical nuclear localization signal receptor, importin-alpha, is required for efficient transition through the G1/S stage of the cell cycle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2008; 181:105-18. [PMID: 18984568 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.097303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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There is significant evidence linking nucleocytoplasmic transport to cell cycle control. The budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, serves as an ideal model system for studying transport events critical to cell cycle progression because the nuclear envelope remains intact throughout the cell cycle. Previous studies linked the classical nuclear localization signal (cNLS) receptor, importin-alpha/Srp1, to the G(2)/M transition of the cell cycle. Here, we utilize two engineered mutants of importin-alpha/Srp1 with specific molecular defects to explore how protein import affects cell cycle progression. One mutant, Srp1-E402Q, is defective in binding to cNLS cargoes that contain two clusters of basic residues termed a bipartite cNLS. The other mutant, Srp1-55, has defects in release of cNLS cargoes into the nucleus. Consistent with distinct in vivo functional consequences for each of the Srp1 mutants analyzed, we find that overexpression of different nuclear transport factors can suppress the temperature-sensitive growth defects of each mutant. Studies aimed at understanding how each of these mutants affects cell cycle progression reveal a profound defect at the G(1) to S phase transition in both srp1-E402Q and srp1-55 mutants as well as a modest G(1)/S defect in the temperature-sensitive srp1-31 mutant, which was previously implicated in G(2)/M. We take advantage of the characterized defects in the srp1-E402Q and srp1-55 mutants to predict candidate cargo proteins likely to be affected in these mutants and provide evidence that three of these cargoes, Cdc45, Yox1, and Mcm10, are not efficiently localized to the nucleus in importin-alpha mutants. These results reveal that the classical nuclear protein import pathway makes important contributions to the G(1)/S cell cycle transition.
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Queralt E, Uhlmann F. Separase cooperates with Zds1 and Zds2 to activate Cdc14 phosphatase in early anaphase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 182:873-83. [PMID: 18762578 PMCID: PMC2528575 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200801054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Completion of mitotic exit and cytokinesis requires the inactivation of mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) activity. A key enzyme that counteracts Cdk during budding yeast mitotic exit is the Cdc14 phosphatase. Cdc14 is inactive for much of the cell cycle, sequestered by its inhibitor Net1 in the nucleolus. At anaphase onset, separase-dependent down-regulation of PP2A(Cdc55) allows phosphorylation of Net1 and consequent Cdc14 release. How separase causes PP2A(Cdc55) down-regulation is not known. Here, we show that two Cdc55-interacting proteins, Zds1 and Zds2, contribute to timely Cdc14 activation during mitotic exit. Zds1 and Zds2 are required downstream of separase to facilitate nucleolar Cdc14 release. Ectopic Zds1 expression in turn is sufficient to down-regulate PP2A(Cdc55) and promote Net1 phosphorylation. These findings identify Zds1 and Zds2 as new components of the mitotic exit machinery, involved in activation of the Cdc14 phosphatase at anaphase onset. Our results suggest that these proteins may act as separase-regulated PP2A(Cdc55) inhibitors.
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- Ethel Queralt
- Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, England, UK.
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Centrin 2 localizes to the vertebrate nuclear pore and plays a role in mRNA and protein export. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:1755-69. [PMID: 18172010 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01697-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Centrins in vertebrates have traditionally been associated with microtubule-nucleating centers such as the centrosome. Unexpectedly, we found centrin 2 to associate biochemically with nucleoporins, including the Xenopus laevis Nup107-160 complex, a critical subunit of the vertebrate nuclear pore in interphase and of the kinetochores and spindle poles in mitosis. Immunofluorescence of Xenopus cells and in vitro reconstituted nuclei indeed revealed centrin 2 localized at the nuclear pores. Use of the mild detergent digitonin in immunofluorescence also allowed centrin 2 to be clearly visualized at the nuclear pores of human cells. Disruption of nuclear pores using RNA interference of the pore assembly protein ELYS/MEL-28 resulted in a specific decrease of centrin 2 at the nuclear rim of HeLa cells. Functionally, excess expression of either the N- or C-terminal calcium-binding domains of human centrin 2 caused a dominant-negative effect on both mRNA and protein export, leaving protein import intact. The mRNA effect mirrors that found for the Saccharomyes cerevisiae centrin Cdc31p at the yeast nuclear pore, a role until now thought to be unique to yeast. We conclude that in vertebrates, centrin 2 interacts with major subunits of the nuclear pore, exhibits nuclear pore localization, and plays a functional role in multiple nuclear export pathways.
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Ross C, Shen QJ. Computational prediction and experimental verification of HVA1-like abscisic acid responsive promoters in rice (Oryza sativa). PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 62:233-46. [PMID: 16845480 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9017-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the central plant hormones, responsible for controlling both maturation and germination in seeds, as well as mediating adaptive responses to desiccation, injury, and pathogen infection in vegetative tissues. Thorough analyses of two barley genes, HVA1 and HVA22, indicate that their response to ABA relies on the interaction of two cis-acting elements in their promoters, an ABA response element (ABRE) and a coupling element (CE). Together, they form an ABA response promoter complex (ABRC). Comparison of promoters of barley HVA1 and it rice orthologue indicates that the structures and sequences of their ABRCs are highly similar. Prediction of ABA responsive genes in the rice genome is then tractable to a bioinformatics approach based on the structures of the well-defined barley ABRCs. Here we describe a model developed based on the consensus, inter-element spacing and orientations of experimentally determined ABREs and CEs. Our search of the rice promoter database for promoters that fit the model has generated a partial list of genes in rice that have a high likelihood of being involved in the ABA signaling network. The ABA inducibility of some of the rice genes identified was validated with quantitative reverse transcription PCR (QPCR). By limiting our input data to known enhancer modules and experimentally derived rules, we have generated a high confidence subset of ABA-regulated genes. The results suggest that the pathways by which cereals respond to biotic and abiotic stresses overlap significantly, and that regulation is not confined to the level transcription. The large fraction of putative regulatory genes carrying HVA1-like enhancer modules in their promoters suggests the ABA signal enters at multiple points into a complex regulatory network that remains largely unmapped.
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- Christian Ross
- Bioinformatics Core, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
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Drubin DA, Garakani AM, Silver PA. Motion as a phenotype: the use of live-cell imaging and machine visual screening to characterize transcription-dependent chromosome dynamics. BMC Cell Biol 2006; 7:19. [PMID: 16635267 PMCID: PMC1488840 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-7-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Gene transcriptional activity is well correlated with intra-nuclear position, especially relative to the nuclear periphery, which is a region classically associated with gene silencing. Recently however, actively transcribed genes have also been found localized to the nuclear periphery in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. When genes are activated, they become associated with the nuclear pore complex (NPC) at the nuclear envelope. Furthermore, chromosomes are not static structures, but exhibit constrained diffusion in real-time, live-cell studies of particular loci. The relationship of chromosome motion with transcriptional activation and active-gene recruitment to the nuclear periphery has not yet been investigated. RESULTS We have generated a yeast strain that enables us to observe the motion of the galactose-inducible GAL gene locus relative to the nuclear periphery in real-time under transcriptionally active and repressed conditions. Using segmented geometric particle tracking, we show that the repressed GAL locus undergoes constrained diffusive movement, and that transcriptional induction with galactose is associated with an enrichment in cells with GAL loci that are both associated with the nuclear periphery and much more constrained in their movement. Furthermore, we report that the mRNA export factor Sac3 is involved in this galactose-induced enrichment of GAL loci at the nuclear periphery. In parallel, using a novel machine visual screening technique, we find that the motion of constrained GAL loci correlates with the motion of the cognate nuclei in galactose-induced cells. CONCLUSION Transcriptional activation of the GAL genes is associated with their tethering and motion constraint at the nuclear periphery. We describe a model of gene recruitment to the nuclear periphery involving gene diffusion and the mRNA export factor Sac3 that can be used as a framework for further experimentation. In addition, we applied to the analysis of chromosome motion a machine visual screening approach that used unbiased visual data rather than segmented geometric data. This novel analytical approach will allow for high-throughput study of processes that can be monitored via alterations in chromosome motion and connectivity with the nuclear periphery.
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- David A Drubin
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Berger AC, Vanderford TH, Gernert KM, Nichols JW, Faundez V, Corbett AH. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Npc2p is a functionally conserved homologue of the human Niemann-Pick disease type C 2 protein, hNPC2. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2006; 4:1851-62. [PMID: 16278452 PMCID: PMC1287848 DOI: 10.1128/ec.4.11.1851-1862.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NP-C) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease, which is biochemically distinguished by the lysosomal accumulation of exogenously derived cholesterol. Mutation of either the hNPC1 or hNPC2 gene is causative for NP-C. We report the identification of the yeast homologue of human NPC2, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Npc2p. We demonstrate that scNpc2p is evolutionarily related to the mammalian NPC2 family of proteins. We also show, through colocalization, subcellular fractionation, and secretion analyses, that yeast Npc2p is treated similarly to human NPC2 when expressed in mammalian cells. Importantly, we show that yeast Npc2p can efficiently revert the unesterified cholesterol and GM1 accumulation seen in hNPC2-/- patient fibroblasts demonstrating that it is a functional homologue of human NPC2. The present study reveals that the fundamental process of NPC2-mediated lipid transport has been maintained throughout evolution.
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- Adam C Berger
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Rd., NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Quimby BB, Arnaoutov A, Dasso M. Ran GTPase regulates Mad2 localization to the nuclear pore complex. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2005; 4:274-80. [PMID: 15701789 PMCID: PMC549331 DOI: 10.1128/ec.4.2.274-280.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In yeast and mammalian cells, the spindle assembly checkpoint proteins Mad1p and Mad2p localize to the nuclear pore complex (NPC) during interphase. Deletion of MAD1 or MAD2 did not affect steady-state nucleocytoplasmic distribution of a classical nuclear localization signal-containing reporter, a nuclear export signal-containing reporter, or Ran localization. We utilized cells with conditional mutations in the yeast Ran GTPase pathway to examine the relationship between Ran and targeting of checkpoint regulators to the NPC. Mutations that disrupt the concentration of Ran in the nucleus displaced Mad2p but not Mad1p from the NPC. The displacement of Mad2p in M-phase cells was correlated with activation of the spindle checkpoint. Our observations demonstrate that Mad2p localization at NPCs is sensitive to nuclear levels of Ran and suggest that release of Mad2p from NPCs is closely linked with spindle assembly checkpoint activation in yeast. This is the first evidence indicating that Ran affects the localization of Mad2p to the NPC.
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- B Booth Quimby
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-5431, USA.
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Montpetit B, Thorne K, Barrett I, Andrews K, Jadusingh R, Hieter P, Measday V. Genome-wide synthetic lethal screens identify an interaction between the nuclear envelope protein, Apq12p, and the kinetochore in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2005; 171:489-501. [PMID: 15998715 PMCID: PMC1456766 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.045799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The maintenance of genome stability is a fundamental requirement for normal cell cycle progression. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent model to study chromosome maintenance due to its well-defined centromere and kinetochore, the region of the chromosome and associated protein complex, respectively, that link chromosomes to microtubules. To identify genes that are linked to chromosome stability, we performed genome-wide synthetic lethal screens using a series of novel temperature-sensitive mutations in genes encoding a central and outer kinetochore protein. By performing the screens using different mutant alleles of each gene, we aimed to identify genetic interactions that revealed diverse pathways affecting chromosome stability. Our study, which is the first example of genome-wide synthetic lethal screening with multiple alleles of a single gene, demonstrates that functionally distinct mutants uncover different cellular processes required for chromosome maintenance. Two of our screens identified APQ12, which encodes a nuclear envelope protein that is required for proper nucleocytoplasmic transport of mRNA. We find that apq12 mutants are delayed in anaphase, rereplicate their DNA, and rebud prior to completion of cytokinesis, suggesting a defect in controlling mitotic progression. Our analysis reveals a novel relationship between nucleocytoplasmic transport and chromosome stability.
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- Ben Montpetit
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Fischer T, Rodríguez-Navarro S, Pereira G, Rácz A, Schiebel E, Hurt E. Yeast centrin Cdc31 is linked to the nuclear mRNA export machinery. Nat Cell Biol 2004; 6:840-8. [PMID: 15311284 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2004] [Accepted: 07/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Centrins are calmodulin-like proteins that function in the duplication of microtubule-organizing centres. Here we describe a new function of the yeast centrin Cdc31. We show that overproduction of a sequence, termed CID, in the carboxy-terminal domain of the nuclear export factor Sac3 titrates Cdc31, causing a dominant-lethal phenotype and a block in spindle pole body (SPB) duplication. Under normal conditions, the CID motif recruits Cdc31 and Sus1 (a subunit of the SAGA transcription complex) to the Sac3-Thp1 complex, which functions in mRNA export together with specific nucleoporins at the nuclear basket. A previously reported cdc31 temperature-sensitive allele, which is neither defective in SPB duplication nor Kic1 kinase activation, induces mRNA export defects. Thus, Cdc31 has an unexpected link to the mRNA export machinery.
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- Tamás Fischer
- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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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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Rodríguez-Navarro S, Fischer T, Luo MJ, Antúnez O, Brettschneider S, Lechner J, Pérez-Ortín JE, Reed R, Hurt E. Sus1, a functional component of the SAGA histone acetylase complex and the nuclear pore-associated mRNA export machinery. Cell 2004; 116:75-86. [PMID: 14718168 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)01025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gene expression is a coordinated multistep process that begins with transcription and RNA processing in the nucleus followed by mRNA export to the cytoplasm for translation. Here we report the identification of a protein, Sus1, which functions in both transcription and mRNA export. Sus1 is a nuclear protein with a concentration at the nuclear pores. Biochemical analyses show that Sus1 interacts with SAGA, a large intranuclear histone acetylase complex involved in transcription initiation, and with the Sac3-Thp1 complex, which functions in mRNA export with specific nuclear pore proteins at the nuclear basket. DNA macroarray analysis revealed that Sus1 is required for transcription regulation. Moreover, chromatin immunoprecipitation showed that Sus1 is associated with the promoter of a SAGA-dependent gene during transcription activation. Finally, mRNA export is impaired in sus1 mutants. These data provide an unexpected connection between the SAGA histone acetylase complex and the mRNA export machinery.
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- Susana Rodríguez-Navarro
- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg (BZH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Chernova TA, Allen KD, Wesoloski LM, Shanks JR, Chernoff YO, Wilkinson KD. Pleiotropic effects of Ubp6 loss on drug sensitivities and yeast prion are due to depletion of the free ubiquitin pool. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:52102-15. [PMID: 14559899 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310283200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mutation of the mouse Usp14 gene, encoding the homolog of yeast deubiquitinating enzyme Ubp6, causes ataxia. Here we show that deletion of the UBP6 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae causes sensitivity to a broad range of toxic compounds and antagonizes phenotypic expression and de novo induction of the yeast prion [PSI+], a functionally defective self-perpetuating isoform of the translation termination factor Sup35. Conversely, overexpression of ubiquitin (Ub) increases phenotypic expression and induction of [PSI+] in the wild type cells and suppresses all tested ubp6Delta defects, indicating that they are primarily due to depletion of cellular Ub levels. Several lines of evidence suggest that Ubp6 functions on the proteasome. First, Ub levels in the ubp6Delta cells can be partly restored by proteasome inhibitors, suggesting that deletion of Ubp6 decreases Ub levels by increasing proteasome-dependent degradation of Ub. Second, fluorescence microscopy analysis shows that Ubp6-GFP fusion protein is localized to the nucleus of yeast cell, as are most proteasomes. Third, the N-terminal Ub-like domain, although it is not required for nuclear localization of Ubp6, targets Ubp6 to the proteasome and cannot be functionally replaced by Ub. The human ortholog of Ubp6, USP14, probably plays a similar role in higher eukaryotes, since it fully compensates for ubp6Delta defects and binds to the yeast proteasome. These data link the Ub system to prion expression and propagation and have broad implications for other neuronal inclusion body diseases.
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- Tatiana A Chernova
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Gallardo M, Luna R, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Aguilera A. Nab2p and the Thp1p-Sac3p complex functionally interact at the interface between transcription and mRNA metabolism. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:24225-32. [PMID: 12702719 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302900200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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THP1 is a conserved eukaryotic gene whose null mutations confer, in yeast, transcription and genetic instability phenotypes and RNA export defects similar to those of the THO/TREX complex null mutations. In a search for multicopy suppressors of the transcription defect of thp1Delta cells, we identified the poly(A)+ RNA-binding heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein Nab2p. Multicopy NAB2 also suppressed the RNA export defect of thp1Delta cells. This result suggests a functional relationship between Thp1p and Nab2p. Consistently, the leaky mutation nab2-1 conferred a transcription defect and hyper-recombination phenotype similar to those of thp1Delta, although to a minor degree. Reciprocally, a purified His6-tagged Thp1p fusion bound RNA in vitro. In a different approach, we show by Western analyses that a highly purified Thp1p-Sac3p complex does not contain components of THO/TREX and that sac3Delta confers a transcription defect and hyper-recombination phenotype identical to those of thp1Delta. mRNA degradation was not affected in thp1Delta mutants, implying that their expression defects are not due to mRNA decay. This indicates that Thp1p-Sac3p is a structural and functional unit. Altogether, our results suggest that Thp1p-Sac3p and Nab2p are functionally related heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins that define a further link between mRNA metabolism and transcription.
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- Mercedes Gallardo
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Harreman MT, Cohen PE, Hodel MR, Truscott GJ, Corbett AH, Hodel AE. Characterization of the auto-inhibitory sequence within the N-terminal domain of importin alpha. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:21361-9. [PMID: 12672802 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301114200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [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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Protein cargoes that contain a classic nuclear localization signal (NLS) are transported into the nucleus through binding to a heterodimeric receptor comprised of importin/karyopherin alpha and beta. An evolutionarily conserved auto-inhibitory sequence within the N-terminal importin beta binding (IBB) domain of importin alpha regulates NLS-cargo binding to the NLS binding pocket on importin alpha. In this study, we have used site-directed mutagenesis coupled with in vitro binding assays and in vivo analyses to investigate the intramolecular interaction of the N-terminal IBB domain and the NLS binding pocket of Saccharomyces cerevisiae importin alpha, Srp1p. We find that mutations within the IBB domain that decrease the binding affinity of the auto-inhibitory sequence for the NLS binding pocket impact importin alpha function in vivo. In addition, the severity of the in vivo phenotype is directly correlated to the reduction of auto-inhibition measured in vitro, suggesting that the in vivo phenotypes are directly related to the loss of auto-inhibitory function. We exploit a conditional auto-inhibitory mutant, srp1-55, to study the in vivo functional overlap between the N-terminal IBB domain of importin alpha and other factors implicated in NLS-cargo release, Cse1p and Nup2p. We propose that the N-terminal IBB domain of importin alpha and Cse1p function together in NLS-cargo release, whereas Nup2p contributes to cargo release/importin alpha recycling through a distinct mechanism.
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- Michelle T Harreman
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Blevins MB, Smith AM, Phillips EM, Powers MA. Complex formation among the RNA export proteins Nup98, Rae1/Gle2, and TAP. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:20979-88. [PMID: 12637516 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302061200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most nucleocytoplasmic traffic through the nuclear pore complex is mediated by soluble receptors of the importin/exportin or karyopherin family. mRNA export is unique in that no receptor of this family has been implicated in trafficking of the bulk of mRNAs. Instead, many diverse proteins have been linked to mRNA export, but an all-encompassing model remains elusive. Understanding how these proteins interact with each other is central to the development of such a model. Here, we have focused on the interactions between three proteins implicated in mRNA export, Nup98, Rae1/Gle2, and TAP. We have defined the binary complexes that form among these proteins. We find that Gle2 requires two sites within TAP for stable interaction. Strikingly, rather than a general affinity for all nucleoporin FG repeats, TAP has highest affinity for a specific region within the GLFG domain of Nup98, indicating that not all repeats are identical in function. We have established that the ternary complex can form through simultaneous binding of both Gle2 and TAP to adjacent sites on Nup98. In contrast, Nup98 competes with TAP for Gle2 binding; when bound to Nup98, Gle2 no longer interacts directly with TAP. From these interactions, we propose that Gle2 may act to deliver TAP to Nup98 and that this may represent the first in a series of interactions between an export complex and a nucleoporin.
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- Melanie B Blevins
- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Lei EP, Stern CA, Fahrenkrog B, Krebber H, Moy TI, Aebi U, Silver PA. Sac3 is an mRNA export factor that localizes to cytoplasmic fibrils of nuclear pore complex. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:836-47. [PMID: 12631707 PMCID: PMC151563 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-08-0520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, mRNAs are transcribed in the nucleus and exported to the cytoplasm for translation to occur. Messenger RNAs complexed with proteins referred to as ribonucleoparticles are recognized for nuclear export in part by association with Mex67, a key Saccharomyces cerevisiae mRNA export factor and homolog of human TAP/NXF1. Mex67, along with its cofactor Mtr2, is thought to promote ribonucleoparticle translocation by interacting directly with components of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Herein, we show that the nuclear pore-associated protein Sac3 functions in mRNA export. Using a mutant allele of MTR2 as a starting point, we have identified a mutation in SAC3 in a screen for synthetic lethal interactors. Loss of function of SAC3 causes a strong nuclear accumulation of mRNA and synthetic lethality with a number of mRNA export mutants. Furthermore, Sac3 can be coimmunoprecipitated with Mex67, Mtr2, and other factors involved in mRNA export. Immunoelectron microscopy analysis shows that Sac3 localizes exclusively to cytoplasmic fibrils of the NPC. Finally, Mex67 accumulates at the nuclear rim when SAC3 is mutated, suggesting that Sac3 functions in Mex67 translocation through the NPC.
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- Elissa 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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Fornerod M, Ohno M. Exportin-mediated nuclear export of proteins and ribonucleoproteins. Results Probl Cell Differ 2002; 35:67-91. [PMID: 11791409 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-44603-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Maarten Fornerod
- EMBL, Gene Expression Programme, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Green DM, Marfatia KA, Crafton EB, Zhang X, Cheng X, Corbett AH. Nab2p is required for poly(A) RNA export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and is regulated by arginine methylation via Hmt1p. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:7752-60. [PMID: 11779864 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110053200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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From transcription to translation, mRNA is complexed with heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNP proteins) that mediate mRNA processing, export from the nucleus, and delivery into the cytoplasm. Although the mechanism is unknown, export of mature mRNA from the nucleus is a critical regulatory step in gene expression. Analyses of hnRNP proteins have shown that many of these proteins are required for this essential cellular process. In this study, we characterize the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Nab2 protein, which was first identified as a poly(A) RNA-binding protein (Anderson, J. T., Wilson, S. M., Datar, K. V., and Swanson, M. S. (1993) Mol. Cell. Biol. 13, 2730-2741). Our work indicates that poly(A) RNA export from the nucleus is dependent upon a functional Nab2 protein; correspondingly, export of Nab2p from the nucleus is dependent upon ongoing RNA polymerase II transcription. Furthermore, we show that Nab2p is modified within its RGG domain by the type I protein-arginine methyltransferase, Hmt1p. Our experiments demonstrate that arginine methylation is required for the export of Nab2p from the nucleus and therefore establish an in vivo effect of this modification. Overall, these experiments provide evidence that Nab2p is an hnRNP protein that is required for poly(A) RNA export and whose export from the nucleus is regulated by Hmt1p.
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- Deanna M Green
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Baker RP, Harreman MT, Eccleston JF, Corbett AH, Stewart M. Interaction between Ran and Mog1 is required for efficient nuclear protein import. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:41255-62. [PMID: 11509570 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106060200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mog1 is a nuclear protein that interacts with Ran, the Ras family GTPase that confers directionality to nuclear import and export pathways. Deletion of MOG1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Deltamog1) causes temperature-sensitive growth and defects in nuclear protein import. Mog1 has previously been shown to stimulate GTP release from Ran and we demonstrate here that addition of Mog1 to either Ran-GTP or Ran-GDP results in nucleotide release and formation of a stable complex between Mog1 and nucleotide-free Ran. Moreover, MOG1 shows synthetic lethality with PRP20, the Ran guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RanGEF) that also binds nucleotide-free Ran. To probe the functional role of the Mog1-Ran interaction, we engineered mutants of yeast Mog1 and Ran that specifically disrupt their interaction both in vitro and in vivo. These mutants indicate that the interaction interface involves conserved Mog1p residues Asp(62) and Glu(65), and residue Lys(136) in yeast Ran. Mutations at these residues decrease the ability of Mog1 to bind and release nucleotide from Ran. Furthermore, the E65K-Mog1 and K136E-Ran mutations in yeast cause temperature sensitivity and mislocalization of a nuclear import reporter protein, similar to the phenotype observed for the Deltamog1 strain. Our results indicate that a primary function of Mog1 requires binding to Ran and that the Mog1-Ran interaction is necessary for efficient nuclear protein import in vivo.
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- R P Baker
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom
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Englmeier L, Fornerod M, Bischoff FR, Petosa C, Mattaj IW, Kutay U. RanBP3 influences interactions between CRM1 and its nuclear protein export substrates. EMBO Rep 2001; 2:926-32. [PMID: 11571268 PMCID: PMC1084078 DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kve200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2001] [Revised: 08/21/2001] [Accepted: 08/22/2001] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We investigated the role of RanBP3, a nuclear member of the Ran-binding protein 1 family, in CRM1-mediated protein export in higher eukaryotes. RanBP3 interacts directly with CRM1 and also forms a trimeric complex with CRM1 and RanGTP. However, RanBP3 does not bind to CRM1 like an export substrate. Instead, it can stabilize CRM1-export substrate interaction. Nuclear RanBP3 stimulates CRM1-dependent protein export in permeabilized cells. These data indicate that RanBP3 functions by a novel mechanism as a cofactor in recognition and export of certain CRM1 substrates. In vitro, RanBP3 binding to CRM1 affects the relative affinity of CRM1 for different substrates.
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- L Englmeier
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Kerscher O, Hieter P, Winey M, Basrai MA. Novel role for a Saccharomyces cerevisiae nucleoporin, Nup170p, in chromosome segregation. Genetics 2001; 157:1543-53. [PMID: 11290711 PMCID: PMC1461611 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/157.4.1543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We determined that a mutation in the nucleoporin gene NUP170 leads to defects in chromosome transmission fidelity (ctf) and kinetochore integrity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A ctf mutant strain, termed s141, shows a transcription readthrough phenotype and stabilizes a dicentric chromosome fragment in two assays for kinetochore integrity. Previously, these assays led to the identification of two essential kinetochore components, Ctf13p and Ctf14p. Thus, s141 represents another ctf mutant involved in the maintenance of kinetochore integrity. We cloned and mapped the gene complementing the ctf mutation of s141 and showed that it is identical to the S. cerevisiae NUP170 gene. A deletion strain of NUP170 (nup170 Delta::HIS3) has a Ctf(-) phenotype similar to the s141 mutant (nup170-141) and also exhibits a kinetochore integrity defect. We identified a second nucleoporin, NUP157, a homologue of NUP170, as a suppressor of the Ctf(-) phenotype of nup170-141 and nup170 Delta::HIS3 strains. However, a deletion of NUP157 or several other nucleoporins did not affect chromosome segregation. Our data suggest that NUP170 encodes a specialized nucleoporin with a unique role in chromosome segregation and possibly kinetochore function.
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- O Kerscher
- Department of Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA
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Bäumer M, Künzler M, Steigemann P, Braus GH, Irniger S. Yeast Ran-binding protein Yrb1p is required for efficient proteolysis of cell cycle regulatory proteins Pds1p and Sic1p. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:38929-37. [PMID: 10991951 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007925200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of specific target proteins is required for several important steps during the cell cycle. Degradation of such proteins is strictly cell cycle-regulated and triggered by two large ubiquitin ligases, termed anaphase-promoting complex (APC) and Skp1/Cullin/F-box complex (SCF). Here we show that yeast Ran-binding protein 1 (Yrb1p), a predominantly cytoplasmic protein implicated in nucleocytoplasmic transport, is required for cell cycle regulated protein degradation. Depletion of Yrb1p results in the accumulation of unbudded G(1) cells and of cells arrested in mitosis implying a function of Yrb1p in the G(1)/S transition and in the progression through mitosis. Temperature-sensitive yrb1-51 mutants are defective in APC-mediated degradation of the anaphase inhibitor protein Pds1p and in degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Sic1p, a target of SCF. Thus, Yrb1p is crucial for efficient APC- and SCF-mediated proteolysis of important cell cycle regulatory proteins. We have identified the UBS1 gene as a multicopy suppressor of yrb1-51 mutants. Ubs1p is a nuclear protein, and its deletion is synthetic lethal with a yrb1-51 mutation. Interestingly, UBS1 was previously identified as a multicopy suppressor of cdc34-2 mutants, which are defective in SCF activity. We suggest that Ubs1p may represent a link between nucleocytoplasmic transport and ubiquitin ligase activity.
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- M Bäumer
- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University, Grisebachstrasse 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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