NIP1, a gene required for nuclear transport in yeast.
AUTOR(ES)
Gu, Z
RESUMO
Cytochrome c with a nuclear localization signal added at the N terminus was mistargeted to the nucleus, resulting in a yeast strain deficient in mitochondrial cytochrome c. Reversion of this strain allowed the isolation of temperature-conditional mutants defective in nuclear transport, as demonstrated with one of these mutants, nip1-1, that was shown to be defective in nuclear accumulation of a LacZ protein containing a nuclear localization signal of the yeast ribosomal protein L29. The NIP1+ gene was cloned and shown to encode a 93,143-Da protein. Furthermore, an epitope-labeled NIP1 protein migrated in SDS/polyacrylamide gels with a mass of approximately 100,000 Da and was shown by immunofluorescence to localize mainly in the cytoplasm. NIP1+ was shown to be an essential gene by gene disruption experiments. Intriguingly, NIP1 has a serine-rich acidic N-terminal region that is similar in this regard to the N-terminal region of a previously described nuclear localization signal-binding protein, NSR1.
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