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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 97, Issue 23, Pages 12577-12582Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.230435597
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- NCI NIH HHS [P01 CA073992, 5PO1CA73992-02] Funding Source: Medline
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Mutation of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene is an early step in the development of colorectal carcinomas. APC protein is located in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. The objective of this study was to define the nuclear localization signals (NLSs) in APC protein. APC contains two potential NLSs comprising amino acids 1767-1772 (NLS1(APC)) and 2048-2053 (NLS2(APC)). Both APC NLSs are well conserved among human, mouse, rat, and fly. NLS1(APC) and NLS2(APC) each were sufficient to target the cytoplasmic protein beta -galactosidase to the nucleus. Mutational analysis of APC demonstrated that both NLSs were necessary for optimal nuclear import of full-length APC protein. Alignment of NLS2(APC) with the simian virus 40 large T antigen NLS (NLSSV40 (T-ag)) revealed sequence similarity extending to adjacent phosphorylation sites. Changing a serine residue (Ser(2054)) to aspartic acid mutated the potential protein kinase A site adjacent to NLS2(APC), resulting in both inhibition of the NLS2(APC)-mediated nuclear import of a chimeric beta -galactosidase fusion protein and a reduction of full-length APC nuclear localization. Our data provide evidence that control of APC's nuclear import through phosphorylation is a potential mechanism for regulating APC's nuclear activity.
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