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Function
NU159_YEAST Functions as a component of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). NPC components, collectively referred to as nucleoporins (NUPs), can play the role of both NPC structural components and of docking or interaction partners for transiently associated nuclear transport factors. Active directional transport is assured by both, a Phe-Gly (FG) repeat affinity gradient for these transport factors across the NPC and a transport cofactor concentration gradient across the nuclear envelope (GSP1 and GSP2 GTPases associated predominantly with GTP in the nucleus, with GDP in the cytoplasm). NUP159 plays an important role in several nuclear export pathways including poly(A)+ RNA, pre-ribosome, and protein export.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Nuclear export of mRNA in eukaryotic cells is mediated by soluble transport factors and components of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). The cytoplasmically oriented nuclear pore protein Nup159 plays a critical role in mRNA export through its conserved N-terminal domain (NTD). Here, we report the crystal structure of the Nup159 NTD, refined to 2.5 A. The structure reveals an unusually asymmetric seven-bladed beta-propeller that is structurally conserved throughout eukarya. Using structure-based conservation analysis, we have targeted specific surface residues for mutagenesis. Residue substitutions in a conserved loop of the NTD abolish in vitro binding to Dbp5, a DEAD box helicase required for mRNA export. In vivo, these mutations cause Dbp5 mislocalization and block mRNA export. These findings suggest that the Nup159 NTD functions in mRNA export as a binding platform, tethering shuttling Dbp5 molecules at the nuclear periphery and locally concentrating this mRNA remodeling factor at the cytoplasmic face of the NPC.
The N-terminal domain of Nup159 forms a beta-propeller that functions in mRNA export by tethering the helicase Dbp5 to the nuclear pore.,Weirich CS, Erzberger JP, Berger JM, Weis K Mol Cell. 2004 Dec 3;16(5):749-60. PMID:15574330[14]
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References
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- ↑ Weirich CS, Erzberger JP, Berger JM, Weis K. The N-terminal domain of Nup159 forms a beta-propeller that functions in mRNA export by tethering the helicase Dbp5 to the nuclear pore. Mol Cell. 2004 Dec 3;16(5):749-60. PMID:15574330 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2004.10.032
- ↑ Weirich CS, Erzberger JP, Berger JM, Weis K. The N-terminal domain of Nup159 forms a beta-propeller that functions in mRNA export by tethering the helicase Dbp5 to the nuclear pore. Mol Cell. 2004 Dec 3;16(5):749-60. PMID:15574330 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2004.10.032
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