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nup1 mutants exhibit pleiotropic defects in nuclear pore complex function

A M Bogerd1, J A Hoffman, D C Amberg

  • 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

The Journal of Cell Biology
|October 1, 1994
PubMed
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The NUP1 gene product, Nup1p, is crucial for nuclear pore complex integrity and nuclear migration in yeast. Mutations disrupt nuclear protein import, RNA export, and proper nuclear positioning.

Area of Science:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

Background:

  • The NUP1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a nucleoporin, a component of the nuclear pore complex.
  • Nucleoporins are conserved across species, highlighting their fundamental biological roles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the function of the NUP1 gene product, Nup1p, using mutational analysis.
  • Determine the roles of Nup1p's amino-terminal and carboxy-terminal domains.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized mutational analysis, including gene deletions and partial truncations of NUP1.
  • Employed techniques such as protein localization studies, temperature-sensitive phenotype analysis, and microscopy (tubulin staining, electron microscopy).

Main Results:

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  • Amino-terminal Nup1p domain is essential for protein targeting to the nuclear pore complex.
  • Carboxy-terminal domain mutations result in temperature-sensitive defects in nuclear protein import and poly(A) RNA export.
  • Nup1p mutants exhibit multinucleation, defective nuclear migration, and abnormal nuclear envelope morphology, suggesting a role in nuclear structural integrity and cytoskeletal interaction.

Conclusions:

  • Nup1p is vital for maintaining the structural integrity between the nuclear envelope and an underlying nuclear scaffold.
  • This structural connection mediated by Nup1p is necessary for proper nuclear reorientation in response to cytoskeletal forces.