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SUBMITTER: Kawashima T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2064703 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kawashima Toshiyuki T Bao Ying Chun YC Nomura Yasushi Y Moon Yuseok Y Tonozuka Yukio Y Minoshima Yukinori Y Hatori Tomonori T Tsuchiya Akiho A Kiyono Mari M Nosaka Tetsuya T Nakajima Hideaki H Williams David A DA Kitamura Toshio T
The Journal of cell biology 20061201 6
STAT transcription factors are tyrosine phosphorylated upon cytokine stimulation and enter the nucleus to activate target genes. We show that Rac1 and a GTPase-activating protein, MgcRacGAP, bind directly to p-STAT5A and are required to promote its nuclear translocation. Using permeabilized cells, we find that nuclear translocation of purified p-STAT5A is dependent on the addition of GTP-bound Rac1, MgcRacGAP, importin alpha, and importin beta. p-STAT3 also enters the nucleus via this transport ...[more]