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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
卷 85, 期 9-10, 页码 1069-1078出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.05.010
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Dictyostelium discoideum; eIF6; p27(BBP); nucleolus; green fluorescent protein; slime molds; nuclear localization; nucleolar localization
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6 (eIF6), also termed p27(BBP), is an evolutionary conserved regulator of ribosomal function. The protein is involved in maturation and/or export from the nucleus of the 60S ribosomal subunit. Regulated binding to and release from the 60S subunit also regulates formation of 80S ribosomes, and thus translation. The protein is also found in hemidesmosomes of epithelial cells expressing beta 4 integrin and is assumed to regulate cross-talk between beta 4 integrin, intermediate filaments and ribosomes. In the present study we show that the Dicyostelium eIF6 (also called p27(BBP)) gene is expressed during growth, down-regulated during the first hours of starvation, and up-regulated again at the end of aggregation. Phagocytosis, and to a lesser extent pinocytic uptake of axenic medium, stimulate gene expression in starving cells. The eIF6 gene is present in single copy and its ablation is lethal. We utilized the green fluorescent protein (GFT) as fusion protein marker to investigate sequences responsible for eIF6 subcellular localization. The protein is found both in cytoplasm and nucleus, and is enriched in nucleoli. Deletion sequence analysis shows that nucle(ol)ar localization sequences are located within the N- and C-terminal subdomains of the protein. (c) 2006 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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