Characterization of the nuclear transport of a novel leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein-like protein

FEBS Lett. 2000 Feb 25;468(2-3):171-5. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01218-7.

Abstract

We previously reported that the nuclear localization signal (NLS) peptides stimulate the in vitro phosphorylation of several proteins, including a 34 kDa protein. In this study, we show that this specific 34 kDa protein is a novel murine leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein (LANP)-like large protein (mLANP-L). mLANP-L was found to have a basic type NLS. The co-injection of Q69LRan-GTP or SV40 T-antigen NLS peptides prevented the nuclear import of mLANP-L. mLANP-L NLS bound preferentially to Rch1 and NPI-1, but not to the Qip1 subfamily of importin alpha. These findings suggest that mLANP-L is transported into the nucleus by Rch1 and/or NPI-1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amino Acid Substitution
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming / metabolism
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Luminescent Proteins / genetics
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Neuropeptides / chemistry
  • Neuropeptides / genetics
  • Neuropeptides / metabolism*
  • Nuclear Proteins / chemistry
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Rats
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Transfection
  • ran GTP-Binding Protein / metabolism

Substances

  • ANP32B protein, human
  • Anp32a protein, rat
  • Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming
  • Luminescent Proteins
  • Neuropeptides
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • ran GTP-Binding Protein