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Karyopherin-?2 Recognition of a PY-NLS Variant that Lacks the Proline-Tyrosine Motif.


ABSTRACT: Karyopherin-?2 or Transportin-1 binds proline-tyrosine nuclear localization signals (PY-NLSs) in its cargos. PY-NLSs are described by structural disorder, overall positive charge, and binding epitopes composed of an N-terminal hydrophobic or basic motif and a C-terminal R-X2-5P-Y motif. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 binds Kap?2 with high affinity but does not contain a recognizable PY-NLS. The crystal structure of the Kap?2-H3 tail shows residues 11-27 of H3 binding to the PY-NLS site of Kap?2. H3 residues 11TGGKAPRK18 bind the site for PY-NLS Epitope 1 (N-terminal hydrophobic/basic motif), which is most important for Kap?2-binding. H3 residue Arg26 occupies the PY-NLS Epitope 2 position (usually arginine of R-X2-5P-Y) but PY-NLS Epitope 3 (proline-tyrosine motif) is missing in the H3 tail. Histone H3 thus provides an example of a PY-NLS variant with no proline-tyrosine or homologous proline-hydrophobic motif. The H3 tail uses a very strong Epitope 1 to compensate for loss of the often-conserved proline-tyrosine epitope.

SUBMITTER: Soniat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5053885 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Karyopherin-β2 Recognition of a PY-NLS Variant that Lacks the Proline-Tyrosine Motif.

Soniat Michael M   Chook Yuh Min YM  

Structure (London, England : 1993) 20160908 10


Karyopherin-β2 or Transportin-1 binds proline-tyrosine nuclear localization signals (PY-NLSs) in its cargos. PY-NLSs are described by structural disorder, overall positive charge, and binding epitopes composed of an N-terminal hydrophobic or basic motif and a C-terminal R-X<sub>2-5</sub>P-Y motif. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 binds Kapβ2 with high affinity but does not contain a recognizable PY-NLS. The crystal structure of the Kapβ2-H3 tail shows residues 11-27 of H3 binding to the PY-NLS  ...[more]

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