Different targets for the fragile X-related proteins revealed by their distinct nuclear localizations.
Hum Mol Genet
; 8(5): 863-9, 1999 May.
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| ID: mdl-10196376
ABSTRACT
Fragile X syndrome is caused by the absence of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP and its structural homologues FXR1P and FXR2P form a family of RNA-binding proteins (FXR proteins). The three proteins associate with polyribosomes as cytoplasmic mRNP particles. Here we show that small amounts of FMRP, FXR1P and FXR2P shuttle between cytoplasm and nucleus. Mutant FMRP of a severely affected fragile X patient (FMRPI304N) does not associate with polyribosomes and shuttles more frequently than normal FMRP, indicating that the association with polyribosomes regulates the shuttling process. Using leptomycin B we demonstrate that transport of the FXR proteins out of the nucleus is mediated by the export receptor exportin1. Finally, inactivation of the nuclear export signal in two FXR proteins shows that FMRP shuttles between cytoplasm and nucleoplasm, while FXR2P shuttles between cytoplasm and nucleolus. Therefore, molecular dissection of the shuttling routes used by the FXR proteins suggests that they transport different RNAs.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cell Nucleus
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RNA-Binding Proteins
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Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
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Karyopherins
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Fragile X Syndrome
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Nerve Tissue Proteins
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Hum Mol Genet
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article