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Vol. 18, Issue 3, 886-898, March 2007
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Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-8240
Submitted June 19, 2006;
Revised October 26, 2006;
Accepted December 7, 2006
Monitoring Editor: Yixian Zheng
Nuclear pore complex (NPC) assembly in interphase cells requires that new NPCs insert into an intact nuclear envelope (NE). Our previous work identified the Ran GTPase as an essential component in this process. We proposed that Ran is required for targeting assembly factors to the cytoplasmic NE face via a novel, vesicular intermediate. Although the molecular target was not identified, Ran is known to function by modulating protein interactions for karyopherin (Kap)
family members. Here we characterize loss-of-function Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants in KAP95 with blocks in NPC assembly. Similar to defects in Ran cycle mutants, nuclear pore proteins are no longer localized properly to the NE in kap95 mutants. Also like Ran cycle mutants, the kap95-E126K mutant displayed enhanced lethality with nic96 and nup170 mutants. Thus, Kap95 and Ran are likely functioning at the same stage in assembly. However, although Ran cycle mutants accumulate small cytoplasmic vesicles, cells depleted of Kap95 accumulated long stretches of cytoplasmic membranes and had highly distorted NEs. We conclude that Kap95 serves as a key regulator of NPC assembly into intact NEs. Furthermore, both Kap95 and Ran may provide spatial cues necessary for targeting of vesicular intermediates in de novo NPC assembly.
The online version of this article contains supplemental material at MBC Online (http://www.molbiolcell.org).
* Present address: Biology Department, Texas A&M University, 3258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3258.
Address correspondence to: Kathryn J. Ryan (kryan{at}mail.bio.tamu.edu)
Abbreviations used: GFP, green fluorescent protein; INM, inner nuclear membrane; NE, nuclear envelope; NES, nuclear export sequence; NLS, nuclear localization sequence; NPC, nuclear pore complex;
, null; Nup, nucleoporin; ONM, outer nuclear membrane; ts, temperature sensitive.
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