Las repeticiones de FG desplegadas de forma nativa estabilizan la estructura del complejo de poros nucleares
Evgeny Onischenko1, Jeffrey H Tang1, Kasper R Andersen2
1Department of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Cell
|October 17, 2017
Resumen
Las repeticiones de fenilalanina-glicina (FG) en los complejos de poros nucleares de levadura (NPC) hacen más que regular el transporte; también se unen a las nucleoporinas de andamio (Nups) y ayudan al ensamblaje de NPC. Esto revela un nuevo papel estructural para las repeticiones de FG en la arquitectura de NPC.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular
- Biología molecular
- Biología estructural
Sus antecedentes:
- Los complejos de poros nucleares (NPC) son grandes canales de proteínas que controlan el tráfico molecular entre el núcleo y el citoplasma.
- Muchas nucleoporinas (Nups) presentan repeticiones ricas en fenilalanina (FG), que forman una barrera selectiva para el transporte nuclear.
- Las funciones estructurales y de montaje precisas de las repeticiones de FG más allá de la regulación del transporte no se comprenden completamente.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar funciones adicionales de las repeticiones de FG en la estructura y la biogénesis de las NPC de la levadura.
- Para explorar la interacción de las repeticiones de FG que contienen GLFG con Nups de andamio.
- Aclarar el papel de las repeticiones de FG en el ensamblaje de NPC.
Principales métodos:
- Ensayos de unión in vitro para probar las interacciones entre las repeticiones de GLFG y las Nups de andamio.
- Estudios in vivo para evaluar el papel de las repeticiones de FG como determinantes de la NPC.
- Análisis de los pasos de ensamblaje de NPC, centrado en la función de Nup116 y Nup188.
Principales resultados:
- Se encontró que las repeticiones de FG que contienen GLFG se unen directamente a múltiples Nups de andamio in vitro.
- Estas repeticiones FG funcionan como determinantes para la orientación de las NPC in vivo.
- Las repeticiones GLFG de Nup116 exhiben redundancia funcional con Nup188, estabilizando las interacciones del andamio NPC cruciales para el ensamblaje en etapa tardía.
Conclusiones:
- Las repeticiones FG tienen un papel estructural inesperado en la vinculación de subcomplejos NPC, actuando como "Velcro".
- Este descubrimiento agrega una nueva capa a los modelos actuales de arquitectura y biogénesis de NPC.
- Los hallazgos ponen de relieve el papel multifacético de las repeticiones de FG en el mantenimiento del transporte nuclear y la integridad de las NPC.
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