Nup120p: a yeast nucleoporin required for NPC distribution and mRNA transport.
Open Access
- 15 December 1995
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of cell biology
- Vol. 131 (6), 1659-1675
- https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.131.6.1659
Abstract
To extend our understanding of the mechanism by which the nuclear pore complex (NPC) mediates macromolecular transport across the nuclear envelope we have focused on defining the composition and molecular organization of the yeast NPC. Peptide sequence analysis of a polypeptide with a M(r) of approximately 100,000 present in a highly enriched yeast NPC fraction identified a novel yeast nucleoporin we term Nup120p. Nup120p corresponds to the open reading frame (ORF) YKL057c identified by the yeast genome sequencing project. The ORF predicts a protein with a calculated molecular mass of 120.5 kD containing two leucine zipper motifs, a short coiled-coil region and limited primary sequence similarity to Nup133p. Nup120p was localized to the NPC using a protein A-tagged chimera in situ by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. Deletion of the NUP120 gene caused clustering of NPCs at one side of the nuclear envelope, moderate nucleolar fragmentation and slower cell growth. Transfer of nup120 delta cells to 37 degrees C resulted in the nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ mRNA, extensive fragmentation of the nucleolus, spindle defects, and cell death.Keywords
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