The mitochondrial protein targeting suppressor (mts1) mutation maps to the mRNA-binding domain of Npl3p and affects translation on cytoplasmic polysomes

Sabine Gratzer, Traude Beilharz, Travis Clarke Beddoe, Michael F Henry, Trevor James Lithgow

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Abstract

In all eukaryotic organisms, messenger RNA (mRNA) is synthesized in the nucleus and then exported to the cytoplasm for translation. The export reaction requires the concerted action of a large number of protein components, including a set of shuttle proteins that can exit and re-enter the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex. Here, we show that, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the shuttle protein Npl3p leaves the nuclear pore complex entirely and continues to function in the cytoplasm. A mutation at position 219 in its RNA-binding domain leaves Npl3p lingering in the cytoplasm associated with polysomes. Yeast cells expressing the mutant Npl3(L-219S) protein show alterations in mRNA stability that can affect protein synthesis. As a result, defects in nascent polypeptide targeting to subcellular compartments such as the mitochondria are also suppressed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1277 - 1285
Number of pages9
JournalMolecular Microbiology
Volume35
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 2000

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Gratzer, Sabine ; Beilharz, Traude ; Beddoe, Travis Clarke ; Henry, Michael F ; Lithgow, Trevor James. / The mitochondrial protein targeting suppressor (mts1) mutation maps to the mRNA-binding domain of Npl3p and affects translation on cytoplasmic polysomes. In: Molecular Microbiology. 2000 ; Vol. 35, No. 6. pp. 1277 - 1285.
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Gratzer, S, Beilharz, T, Beddoe, TC, Henry, MF & Lithgow, TJ 2000, 'The mitochondrial protein targeting suppressor (mts1) mutation maps to the mRNA-binding domain of Npl3p and affects translation on cytoplasmic polysomes', Molecular Microbiology, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1277 - 1285.

The mitochondrial protein targeting suppressor (mts1) mutation maps to the mRNA-binding domain of Npl3p and affects translation on cytoplasmic polysomes. / Gratzer, Sabine; Beilharz, Traude; Beddoe, Travis Clarke; Henry, Michael F; Lithgow, Trevor James.

In: Molecular Microbiology, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2000, p. 1277 - 1285.

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Gratzer S, Beilharz T, Beddoe TC, Henry MF, Lithgow TJ. The mitochondrial protein targeting suppressor (mts1) mutation maps to the mRNA-binding domain of Npl3p and affects translation on cytoplasmic polysomes. Molecular Microbiology. 2000;35(6):1277 - 1285.

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