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T1 NOA36 Protein Contains a Highly Conserved Nucleolar Localization Signal Capable of Directing Functional Proteins to the Nucleolus, in Mammalian Cells
A1 S. de Melo, Ivan
A1 Jimenez-Nuñez, María D.
A1 Iglesias Pérez, Concepción
A1 Campos Caro, Antonio
A1 Moreno Sánchez, David
A1 Ruiz Rodríguez, Félix Alejandro
A1 Bolívar Pérez, Jorge
A2 Bioquímica y Biología MolecularMicrobiología, Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública
AB NOA36/ZNF330 is an evolutionarily well-preserved protein present in the nucleolus and mitochondria of mammalian cells. We have previously reported that the pro-apoptotic activity of this protein is mediated by a characteristic cysteine-rich domain. We now demonstrate that the nucleolar localization of NOA36 is due to a highly-conserved nucleolar localization signal (NoLS) present in residues 1–33. This NoLS is a sequence containing three clusters of two or three basic amino acids. We fused the amino terminal of NOA36 to eGFP in order to characterize this putative NoLS. We show that a cluster of three lysine residues at positions 3 to 5 within this sequence is critical for the nucleolar localization. We also demonstrate that the sequence as found in human is capable of directing eGFP to the nucleolus in several mammal, fish and insect cells. Moreover, this NoLS is capable of specifically directing the cytosolic yeast enzyme polyphosphatase to the target of the nucleolus of HeLa cells, wherein its enzymatic activity was detected. This NoLS could therefore serve as a very useful tool as a nucleolar marker and for directing particular proteins to the nucleolus in distant animal species.
PB PLOS ONE
YR 2013
FD 2013-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20409
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/20409
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 16 ago. 2022