Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-13-1995
Publication Title
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
To identify genes whose products play potential roles in the nucleocytoplasmic export of messenger RNA, we isolated temperature-sensitive strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and examined them by fluorescent in situ hybridization. With the use of a digoxigen-tagged oligo-(dT)50 probe, we identified those that showed nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA when cells were shifted to the nonpermissive temperature. We describe here the properties of yeast strains bearing the rat3-1 mutation (RAT-ribonucleic acid trafficking) and the cloning of the RAT3 gene. When cultured at the permissive temperature of 23 degrees C, fewer than 10% of cells carrying the rat3-1 allele showed nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA, whereas approximately 70% showed nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA, whereas approximately 70% showed nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA after a shift to 37 degrees C for 4 h. In wild-type cells, nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are distributed relatively evenly around the nuclear envelope. Both indirect immunofluorescence analysis and electron microscopy of rat3-1 cells indicated that NPCs were clustered into one or a few regions of the NE in mutant cells. Similar NPC clustering was seen in mutant cells cultured at temperatures between 15 degrees C and 37 degrees C. The RAT3 gene encodes an 1157-amino acid protein without similarity to other known proteins. It is essential for growth only at 37 degrees C. Cells carrying a disruption of the RAT3 gene were very similar to cells carrying the original rat3-1 mutation; they showed temperature-dependent nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA and exhibited constitutive clustering of NPCs. Epitope tagging of Rat3p demonstrated that it is located at the nuclear periphery and co-localizes with nuclear pore proteins recognized by the RL1 monoclonal antibody. We refer to this nucleoporin as Rat3p/Nup133p.
DOI
10.1091/mbc.6.4.401
Original Citation
Li O, Heath CV, Amberg DC, et al. Mutation or deletion of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAT3/NUP133 gene causes temperature-dependent nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA and constitutive clustering of nuclear pore complexes. Mol Biol Cell. 1995;6(4):401-417. doi:10.1091/mbc.6.4.401
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Li, Ou; Heath, Catherine V.; Amberg, David C.; Dockendorff, Thomas C.; Copeland, Connie S.; Snyder, Michael; and Cole, Charles N., "Mutation or Deletion of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae RAT3/NUP133 Gene causes Temperature-Dependent Nuclear Accumulation of Poly(A)+ RNA and Constitutive Clustering of Nuclear Pore Complexes" (1995). Dartmouth Scholarship. 3827.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/3827