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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
46
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
A gradient of Ran.GTP typically regulates traffic through the nuclear pore by modulating association of receptors with cargo. However, here we demonstrate that the yeast high mobility group box transcription factor Nhp6Ap enters the nucleus via a novel nuclear localization signal recognized by calcium calmodulin in a process that does not require Ran. Calmodulin is strictly required for the nondiffusional nuclear entry of Nhp6Ap. Calmodulin and DNA exhibit mutually exclusive binding to NHP6A, indicating that the directionality of Nhp6Ap nuclear accumulation may be driven by DNA-dependent dissociation of calmodulin. Our findings demonstrate that calmodulin can serve as a molecular switch triggering nuclear entry with subsequent dissociation of calmodulin binding upon interaction of cargo with chromatin. This pathway appears to be evolutionarily conserved; mammalian high mobility group box transcription factors often have two nuclear localization signals: one a classical Ran-dependent signal and a second that binds calmodulin. The finding that Nhp6Ap nuclear entry requires calmodulin but not Ran indicates that Nhp6Ap is a good model for studying this poorly understood but evolutionarily conserved calmodulin-dependent nuclear import pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33743-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Calmodulin, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-HMGN Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Molecular Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17878171-ran GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The High Mobility Group Box Transcription Factor Nhp6Ap enters the nucleus by a calmodulin-dependent, Ran-independent pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0851, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural