title: Multiple nuclear localization signals of the B-myb gene product.
abstract: Nuclear entry of the B-myb gene product (B-Myb) is dependent on multiple nuclear localization signals (NLS's). Mutagenesis of the putative NLS's of B-Myb has identified two separate NLS's, NLS1 and NLS2. Each of the two NLS's is essential for efficient nuclear targeting. NLS2 contains two interdependent basic domains separated by 8 intervening spacer amino acids, and both basic domains are required for nuclear entry. Thus, NLS2 belongs to a class of bipartite NLS's. Like the NLS's in yeast transcription factor SW15, NLS2 contains a putative cdc2 kinase site. However, unlike the case of SW15, phosphorylation at this site did not affect the nuclear targeting of B-Myb.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000378:metabolism*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C064352:MYBL2 protein, human; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase