Identification of a novel nuclear localization signal in Sam68
Open Access
- 9 June 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 409 (2) , 237-241
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00455-9
Abstract
Sam68, a nuclear RNA binding protein, binds to Src and is phosphorylated at tyrosine residues in an M‐phase specific manner. Here we identified a stretch of 24 amino acid residues in the COOH‐terminal portion of Sam68 which function as a nuclear localization signal. This signal sequence bears no apparent homology to any other known nuclear localization sequence. However, this sequence was found to contain a motif, PPXXR (P, Pro; R, Arg), which is conserved in various RNA binding proteins including hnRNP proteins. Replacement of Arg in this motif with Ala abolished the nuclear accumulation of a GFP fusion protein, suggesting that this residue is important in translocating the protein to the nucleus.Keywords
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