title: Yeast proteins that recognize nuclear localization sequences.
abstract: A variety of peptides can mediate the localization of proteins to the nucleus. We have identified yeast proteins of 70 and 59 kD that bind to nuclear localization peptides of SV-40 T antigen, Xenopus nucleoplasmin, and the yeast proteins Ga14 and histone H2B. These proteins are assayed by the binding of peptide-albumin conjugates to proteins immobilized on nitrocellulose filters. These binding proteins fractionate with nuclei and are extractable with salt but not detergent. Radiolabeled peptide-albumin conjugates also bind to isolated nuclei; the binding is saturable and can be extracted with salt. Different nuclear localization peptides compete with each other, implying that a single class of proteins is responsible for their recognition. The 70- and 59-kD proteins have the properties expected for a receptor that would act to direct proteins to the nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sadler
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Osborne
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins