title: The importin/karyopherin Kap114 mediates the nuclear import of TATA-binding protein.
abstract: Two high copy suppressors of temperature-sensitive TATA-binding protein (TBP) mutants were isolated. One suppressor was TIF51A, which encodes eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A. The other high copy suppressor, YGL241W, also known as KAP114, is one of 14 importin/karyopherin proteins in yeast. These proteins mediate the transport of specific macromolecules into and out of the nucleus. Cells lacking Kap114 partially mislocalize TBP to the cytoplasm. Kap114 binds TBP in vitro, and binding is disrupted in the presence of GTPgammaS. Therefore, Kap114 is an importer of TBP into the nucleus, but alternative import pathways must also exist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morehouse
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Buratowski
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buratowski
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016385:TATA Box; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D013696:Temperature; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D028961:beta Karyopherins
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C400425:KAP114 protein, S cerevisiae; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors; D028961:beta Karyopherins