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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 277, Issue 11, Pages 9242-9246Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110007200
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Mammalian Tap-p15 and yeast Mex67p-Mtr2p are conserved and essential mRNA export factor complexes that transport mRNPs through the nuclear pore. Here, we report that the small subunit p15 affects the binding of the large subunit Tap to repeat nucleoporins. BlAcore measurements revealed that recombinant Tap binds with high affinity (K-d in the nM range) to repeat nucleoporins and dissociates from them very slowly. In contrast, when recombinant Tap was bound to p15, the derived heterodimeric complex exhibited a significant lower affinity to FG-repeat nucleoporins (K-d in the gm range). Furthermore, when recombinant Tap lacking the N-terminal nuclear localization sequences (TapDeltaNLS) was microinjected in mammalian cells, it did not shuttle; however, TapDeltaNLS with bound p15 efficiently shuttles between nucleus and cytoplasm. We conclude that heterodimerization of Tap and p15 is required for shuttling of the functional Tap-p15 mRNA exporter complex.
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