A nuclear envelope protein linking nuclear pore basket assembly, SUMO protease regulation, and mRNA surveillance
A nuclear envelope protein linking nuclear pore basket assembly, SUMO protease regulation, and mRNA surveillance
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.200702154
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发表时间:
2007-08-27
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
Hochstrasser, Mark
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作者:
Lewis, Alaron;Felberbaum, Rachael;Hochstrasser, Mark
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is both the major conduit for nucleocytoplasmic trafficking and a platform for organizing macromolecules at the nuclear envelope. We report that yeast Esc1, a non-NPC nuclear envelope protein, is required both for proper assembly of the nuclear basket, a structure extending into the nucleus from the NPC, and for normal NPC localization of the Ulp1 SUMO protease. In esc1 Delta cells, Ulp1 and nuclear basket components Nup60 and Mlp1 no longer distribute broadly around the nuclear periphery, but co-localize in a small number of dense-staining perinuclear foci. Loss of Esc1 (or Nup60) alters SUMO conjugate accumulation and enhances ulp1 mutant defects. Similar to previous findings with Mlp1, both Esc1 and Ulp1 help retain un-spliced pre-mRNAs in the nucleus. Therefore, these proteins are essential for proper nuclear basket function, which includes mRNA surveillance and regulation of SUMO protein dynamics. The results raise the possibility that NPC-localized protein desumoylation may be a key regulatory event preventing inappropriate premRNA export.