Structural highlights
Function
[NXF1_HUMAN] Involved in the nuclear export of mRNA species bearing retroviral constitutive transport elements (CTE) and in the export of mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. The NXF1-NXT1 heterodimer is involved in the export of HSP70 mRNA in conjunction with ALYREF/THOC4 and THOC5.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The vertebrate Tap protein is a member of the NXF family of shuttling transport receptors for nuclear export of mRNA. Tap has a modular structure, and its most C-terminal domain is important for binding to FG repeat-containing nuclear pore proteins (FG-nucleoporins) and is sufficient to mediate nuclear shuttling. We report the solution structure of this C-terminal domain, which is based on a distinctive arrangement of four alpha-helices and is joined to the next module by a flexible 12-residue Pro-rich linker. F617A Tap suppresses FG-nucleoporin binding by the most C-terminal domain that, together with the structure of the other modules from which Tap is constructed, provides a structural context for its nuclear shuttling function.
Structure of the C-terminal FG-nucleoporin binding domain of Tap/NXF1.,Grant RP, Hurt E, Neuhaus D, Stewart M Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Apr;9(4):247-51. PMID:11875519[3]
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References
- ↑ Gruter P, Tabernero C, von Kobbe C, Schmitt C, Saavedra C, Bachi A, Wilm M, Felber BK, Izaurralde E. TAP, the human homolog of Mex67p, mediates CTE-dependent RNA export from the nucleus. Mol Cell. 1998 Apr;1(5):649-59. PMID:9660949
- ↑ Katahira J, Inoue H, Hurt E, Yoneda Y. Adaptor Aly and co-adaptor Thoc5 function in the Tap-p15-mediated nuclear export of HSP70 mRNA. EMBO J. 2009 Mar 4;28(5):556-67. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.5. Epub 2009 Jan 22. PMID:19165146 doi:10.1038/emboj.2009.5
- ↑ Grant RP, Hurt E, Neuhaus D, Stewart M. Structure of the C-terminal FG-nucleoporin binding domain of Tap/NXF1. Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Apr;9(4):247-51. PMID:11875519 doi:10.1038/nsb773
