title: Characterization of the nuclear transport of a novel leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein-like protein.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsubae
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoneda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection; D020931:ran GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C490341:ANP32B protein, human; C490338:Anp32a protein, rat; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D020931:ran GTP-Binding Protein