Abstract
Actin, a major component of the cytoplasm, is also abundant in the nucleus. Nuclear actin is involved in a variety of nuclear processes including transcription, chromatin remodeling, and intranuclear transport. Nevertheless, the regulation of nuclear actin by posttranslational modifications has not been investigated. We now show that nuclear actin is modified by SUMO2 and SUMO3 and that computational modeling and site-directed mutagenesis identified K68 and K284 as critical sites for SUMOylating actin. We also present a model for the actin-SUMO complex and show that SUMOylation is required for the nuclear localization of actin.
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 193-200 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Cell Biology |
Volume | 186 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- RNA-POLYMERASE-II
- PROTEIN DOCKING
- BETA-ACTIN
- IN-VITRO
- SUMO
- CELL
- TRANSCRIPTION
- COMPLEXES
- BINDING
- MYOSIN