TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-talk between snurportin1 subdomains
AU - Ospina, Jason K.
AU - Gonsalvez, Graydon B.
AU - Bednenko, Janna
AU - Darzynkiewicz, Edward
AU - Gerace, Larry
AU - Matera, A. Gregory
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - The initial steps of spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) maturation take place in the cytoplasm. After formation of an Sm-core and a trimethylguanosine (TMG) cap, the RNPs are transported into the nucleus via the import adaptor snurportin1 (SPN) and the import receptor importin-β. To better understand this process, we identified SPN residues that are required to mediate interactions with TMG caps, importin-β, and the export receptor, exportin1 (Xpo1/Crm1). Mutation of a single arginine residue within the importin-β binding domain (IBB) disrupted the interaction with importin-β, but preserved the ability of SPN to bind Xpo1 or TMG caps. Nuclear transport assays showed that this IBB mutant is deficient for snRNP import but that import can be rescued by addition of purified survival of motor neurons (SMN) protein complexes. Conserved tryptophan residues outside of the IBB are required for TMG binding. However, SPN can be imported into the nucleus without cargo. Interestingly, SPN targets to Cajal bodies when U2 but not U1 snRNPs are imported as cargo. SPN also relocalizes to Cajal bodies upon treatment with leptomycin B. Finally, we uncovered an interaction between the N- and C-terminal domains of SPN, suggesting an autoregulatory function similar to that of importin-α.
AB - The initial steps of spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) maturation take place in the cytoplasm. After formation of an Sm-core and a trimethylguanosine (TMG) cap, the RNPs are transported into the nucleus via the import adaptor snurportin1 (SPN) and the import receptor importin-β. To better understand this process, we identified SPN residues that are required to mediate interactions with TMG caps, importin-β, and the export receptor, exportin1 (Xpo1/Crm1). Mutation of a single arginine residue within the importin-β binding domain (IBB) disrupted the interaction with importin-β, but preserved the ability of SPN to bind Xpo1 or TMG caps. Nuclear transport assays showed that this IBB mutant is deficient for snRNP import but that import can be rescued by addition of purified survival of motor neurons (SMN) protein complexes. Conserved tryptophan residues outside of the IBB are required for TMG binding. However, SPN can be imported into the nucleus without cargo. Interestingly, SPN targets to Cajal bodies when U2 but not U1 snRNPs are imported as cargo. SPN also relocalizes to Cajal bodies upon treatment with leptomycin B. Finally, we uncovered an interaction between the N- and C-terminal domains of SPN, suggesting an autoregulatory function similar to that of importin-α.
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U2 - 10.1091/mbc.E05-04-0316
DO - 10.1091/mbc.E05-04-0316
M3 - Article
C2 - 16030253
AN - SCOPUS:26244433138
SN - 1059-1524
VL - 16
SP - 4660
EP - 4671
JO - Molecular Biology of the Cell
JF - Molecular Biology of the Cell
IS - 10
ER -