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Identification of a major polypeptide of the nuclear-pore complex

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authors

  • Gerace, Larry
  • Ottaviano, Y.
  • Kondorkoch, C.

publication date

  • 1982

journal

  • Journal of Cell Biology  Journal

abstract

  • The nuclear pore complex is a prominent structural component of the nuclear envelope that appears to regulate nucleoplasmic molecular movement. Up to now, none of its polypeptides have been defined. To identify possible pore complex proteins, we fractionated rat liver nuclear envelopes and microsomal membranes with strong protein perturbants into peripheral and intrinsic membrane proteins, and compared these fractions on SDS gels. From this analysis, we identified a prominent 190-kilodalton intrinsic membrane polypeptide that occurs specifically in nuclear envelopes. Lectin binding studies indicate that this polypeptide (gp 190) is the major nuclear envelope glycoprotein. Upon treatment of nuclear envelopes with Triton X-100, gp 190 remains associated with a protein substructure of the nuclear envelope consisting of pore complexes and nuclear lamina. We prepared monospecific antibodies to gp 190 for immunocytochemical localization. Immunofluorescence staining of tissue culture cells suggests that gp 190 occurs exclusively in the nucleus during interphase. This polypeptide becomes dispersed throughout the cell in mitotic prophase when the nuclear envelope is disassembled, and subsequently returns to the nuclear surfaces during telophase when the nuclear envelope is reconstructed. Immunoferritin labeling of Triton-treated rat liver nuclei demonstrates that gp 190 occurs exclusively in the nuclear pore complex, in the regions of the cytoplasmic (and possibly nucleoplasmic) pore complex annuli. A polypeptide that cross-reacts with gp 190 is present in diverse vertebrate species, as shown by antibody labeling of nitrocellulose SDS gel transfers. On the basis of its biochemical characteristics, we suggest that gp 190 may be involved in anchoring the pore complex to nuclear envelope membranes.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Antibodies
  • Cattle
  • Chickens
  • Dogs
  • Ferritins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Interphase
  • Liver
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Microsomes, Liver
  • Mitosis
  • Molecular Weight
  • Nuclear Envelope
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Species Specificity
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9525

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1083/jcb.95.3.826

PubMed ID

  • 7153248
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 826

end page

  • 837

volume

  • 95

issue

  • 3

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