title: Nudf, a fungal homolog of the human LIS1 protein, functions as a dimer in vivo.
abstract: The NUDF protein is required for nuclear migration through the mycelium of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. It is of particular interest, because it closely resembles a human protein, LIS1, that is required for development of the cerebral cortex. Both are approximately 50-kDa proteins with a short N-terminal predicted coiled coil and seven WD-40 domains in the C-terminal half of the molecule. They also interact with homologous proteins, suggesting that they may have similar biochemical functions. Here we describe the purification to homogeneity of NUDF protein in a single step from a cell-free extract of A. nidulans. We demonstrate that NUDF is a homodimer, that its dimerization occurs via the N-terminal coiled coil region of the molecule, and that it must be a dimer to support the growth of A. nidulans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D019281:Dimerization; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D013997:Time Factors; D014461:Ultracentrifugation
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; C094692:NUDF protein, Emericella nidulans; D004247:DNA; D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; C084102:PAFAH1B1 protein, human