Abstract
We have identified a gene (NPI46) encoding a new prolyl cis-trans isomerase within the nucleolus of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The protein encoded by NPI46 was originally found by us in a search for proteins that recognize nuclear localization sequences (NLSs) in vitro. Thus, NPI46 binds to affinity columns that contain a wild-type histone H2B NLS but not a mutant H2B NLS that is incompetent for nuclear localization in vivo. NPI46 has two domains, a highly charged NH2 terminus similar to two other mammalian nucleolar proteins, nucleolin and Nopp140, and a COOH terminus with 45% homology to a family of mammalian and yeast proline isomerases. NPI46 is capable of catalyzing the prolyl cis-trans isomerization of two small synthetic peptides, succinyl-Ala-Leu-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide and succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide, as measured by a chymotrypsin-coupled spectrophotometric assay. By indirect immunofluorescence we have shown that NPI46 is a nucleolar protein. NPI46 is not essential for cell viability.
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Created | 21 years, 3 months ago (May 14, 2004, 8:22 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 22, 2023, 1:36 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 2 months ago (June 6, 2024, 5:14 p.m.) |
Issued | 31 years ago (Aug. 15, 1994) |
Published | 31 years ago (Aug. 15, 1994) |
Published Online | 31 years ago (Aug. 15, 1994) |
Published Print | 31 years ago (Aug. 15, 1994) |
@article{Shan_1994, title={Yeast NPI46 encodes a novel prolyl cis-trans isomerase that is located in the nucleolus.}, volume={126}, ISSN={1540-8140}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.126.4.853}, DOI={10.1083/jcb.126.4.853}, number={4}, journal={The Journal of cell biology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Shan, X and Xue, Z and Mélèse, T}, year={1994}, month=aug, pages={853–862} }