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1. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA RNA transport and the nuclear pore complex Florian Krapp, Seminar Molecular Machines and RNA Biology
2. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA nucleo-cytoplasmatic transport
3. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Contents
1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC)
2. RanGTP pathway
3. Transport of mRNA
4. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) nuclear pore complexes of Xenopus laevis oocyte (SFM, Uni Münster)
5. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA The nuclear envelope outer nuclear membrane
perinuclear space
inner nuclear membrane
nuclear lamina
... there are 2.000 NPCs per nucleus!
6. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA What should an NPC be able to do? integration in the nuclear envelope
outer nuclear membrane
inner nuclear membrane
nuclear lamina
passive transduction of small molecules
interaction with nuclear export/import signals
selective directional transport
7. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Some data on the NPC molecular mass
50 MDa (S. cerevisiae)
120 MDa (Vertebrates) (ribosome: 4 MDa)
structural proteins
30 (S. cerevisiae)
50-100 (Vertebrates)
size
120 nm diameter (opening ~60 nm)
200 nm deep
8. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA What does an NPC look like?
9. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Components of the NPC
10. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA cross section and envelope integration
11. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Nucleoporins (Nups)
structural proteins the NPC is built of
mostly symmetrical on cytoplasmatic and nuclear sides
FG-nucleoporins
containing repeats (phenylalanine and glycine)
12. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Localization of Nups
13. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA specificity of Nups
the NPC is no static structure
each Nup may have specific interaction partners
Nups also interact with each other
14. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 2. RanGTP pathway Canis lupus familiaris Ran with bound GDP (Steward, M. et al.)
15. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA What is Ran? small GTPase (Ras superfamily)
exists in 2 forms
GTP-bound: predominantly in the nucleoplasm
GDP-bound: predominantly in the cytoplasm
transition mediated by 2 proteins
RanGEF (Ran guanine exchange factor) in the nucleoplasm
RanGAP (GTPase activating protein) in the cytoplasm
16. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA The Ran cycle
17. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Karyopherins, NES and NLS Karyopherins (importin-ß-superfamily)
Importins (e. g. importin-a and importin-ß)
Exportins
NES: nuclear export signal
short amino acid sequence (5-6 amino acids)
NLS: nuclear localization signal
... -Pro-Pro-Lys-Lys-Lys-Arg-Lys-Val-... (Simian Virus 40)
18. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Ran-controlled export
19. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Ran-controlled import
20. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Nuclear transport: an overview
21. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA non-protein transport by Ran
pre-miRNA Exportin-5
snRNA cap, CRM1 (Exportin-1), PHAX
snRNP Importin-ß
ribosomal subunits CRM1 (Exportin-1)
22. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Summary Ran NES and NLS define destination of Proteins
karyopherins mediate transport through the NPC
the Ran cycle controls and supports protein transport
necessary for transport of:
pre-miRNA
snRNA / snRNP
ribosomal subunits
tRNA
Proteins
23. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 3. Transport of mRNA crystal structure of S. cerevisiae Mex67:Mtr2 heterodimer (Fribourg, S. et al.)
24. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Why do we need another transport system? numerous processing events must occur before export
5‘ capping
3‘ poly-A attachment
splicing
immature mRNA must not be delivered to cytoplasm!
mRNA export is linked to
transcription
processing
translation
25. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA mRNA and mRNP mRNA is not „naked“
5‘ cap and cap binding proteins
3‘ poly-A tail and poly-A binding proteins
splicing factors
general RNA binding factors
other factors involved in pre-mRNA processing
26. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA conservation of mRNP transport most of the involved proteins have orthologs...
Yeast Vertebrate
Mex67p NXF1/TAP
Mtr2 p15
Yra1p Aly/REF
Sub2p UAP56/HEL
THO THO
TREX TREX
- EJC
Dbp5p Dbp5
... ...
27. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 3 steps of mRNP transport
Assembly of mRNP export complexes
- quality control
Translocation through NPC
Disassembly of mRNP export complexes
28. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Mex67p and Mtr2p Mex67p
associated with NPCs
capable of shuttling cargo
needs heterodimerization with...
Mtr2p
both form a receptor heterodimer
involved in 75% of all mRNA transports
29. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 3 steps of mRNP transport
30. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 1. mRNP assembly
31. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 2. translocation: mechanism
weak interactions between Nups and Mex67p:Mtr2p
simple diffusion
prevention of the return of mRNPs
32. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 2. translocation: transfer of Dbp5
33. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 2. translocation: transfer of Dbp5
34. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 2. translocation: transfer of Dbp5
35. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 2. translocation: transfer of Dbp5
36. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA 3. mRNP disassembly
...is almost done!
37. 1. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) 2. RanGTP pathway 3. Transport of mRNA Literature and Pictures
Papers and Articles
Erkmann, J.A. and U. Kutay, Nuclear export of mRNA: from the site of transcription to the cytoplasm.
Exp Cell Res, 2004. 296(1): p. 12-20.
Cole, C.N. and J.J. Scarcelli, Transport of messenger RNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.
Curr Opin Cell Biol, 2006. 18(3): p. 299-306.
Stewart, M., Ratcheting mRNA out of the nucleus.
Mol Cell, 2007. 25(3): p. 327-30.
Bagley, S. et al., The nuclear pore complex.
J Cell Sci, 2000. 113(22): p. 3885-3886.
Beck, M. et al., Nuclear Core Complex Structure and Dynamics revealed by Cryoelectron Tomography.
Science, 2004. 306(5700): p. 1387-1390.
Rout, M. P. et al., The Yeast Nuclear Pore Complex: Composition, Architecture, and Transport Mechanism.
The Journal of Cell Biology, 2000. 148: p. 635-651.
Rout, M. P. et al., Virtual gating and nuclear transport: the hole picture
TRENDS in Cell Biology, 2003. 13(12): p. 622-628.
Corbett, A. et al., Hot trends erupting in the nuclear transport field.
EMBO reports, 2004. 5(5): p. 453-458.
Lund, E. et al, Nuclear Export of MicroRNA Precursors.
Science, 2004. 303(5654): p. 95-98.
Hakata, Y. et al., A Multifunctional Domain in Human CRM1 (Exportin 1) Mediates RanBP3 Binding and Multimerization of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Rex Protein.
Mol Cell Biol, 2003. 23(23): p. 8751-8761.
Ohno, M. et al., PHAX, a mediator of U snRNA nuclear export whose activity is regulated by phosphorylation.
Cell, 2000. 101(2): p. 187-198.
Internet sources
http://celldynamics.uni-muenster.de/Projects/ProA6Img/A6figure1.jpg
http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/bicel/stutz/research.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/index.shtml
http://wikipedia.org/
http://electron.mit.edu/~gsteele/mirrors/elchem.kaist.ac.kr/jhkwak/TopometrixWeb/images/nucpor.jpg
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