ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2001
The Telomerase/vault-associated protein TEP1 is required for vault RNA stability and its association with the vault particle.
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- The vault associates with membranes in situ.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Ferroptosis resistance-related TEP1 as a novel prognostic biomarker involved in immune cell infiltration and tumour progression in glioblastoma.Cancer cell international · 2025Article
- Roles of Small Noncoding Vault RNAs in Intestinal Epithelium Homeostasis and Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Structural insights into the roles of PARP4 and NADNature communications · 2025Article
- Pharmaceutical perspectives on oligonucleotide therapeutics and delivery systems.Pharmacological reviews · 2025Review
- Vault Particles in Cancer Progression, Multidrug Resistance, and Drug Delivery: Current Insights and Future Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The small noncoding RNARNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Major Vault Protein/Lung Resistance-Related Protein: A Novel Biomarker for Inflammation and Acute Infections.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- The small non-coding RNAbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- High-confidence 3D template matching for cryo-electron tomography.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Human Vault RNAs: Exploring Their Potential Role in Cellular Metabolism.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Vault RNAs (vtRNAs): Rediscovered non-coding RNAs with diverse physiological and pathological activities.Genes & diseases · 2024Review
- Structure, Dynamics and Functional Implications of the Eukaryotic Vault Complex.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2024Review
- Molecular Markers of Telomerase Complex for Patients with Pituitary Adenoma.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Emerging prospects of protein/peptide-based nanoassemblies for drug delivery and vaccine development.Nano research · 2022Article
- Review
- Vault RNAs: hidden gems in RNA and protein regulation.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021Review
- The Bacterial Ro60 Protein and Its Noncoding Y RNA Regulators.Annual review of microbiology · 2020Review
- A guide to naming human non-coding RNA genes.The EMBO journal · 2020Review
- The vault RNA ofThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2019Article
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Abstract
Vaults and telomerase are ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particles that share a common protein subunit, TEP1. Although its role in either complex has not yet been defined, TEP1 has been shown to interact with the mouse telomerase RNA and with several of the human vault RNAs in a yeast three-hybrid assay. An mTep1(-/-) mouse was previously generated which resulted in no apparent change in telomere length or telomerase activity in six generations of mTep1-deficient mice. Here we show that the levels of the telomerase RNA and its association with the telomerase RNP are also unaffected in mTep1(-/-) mice. Although vaults purified from the livers of mTep1(-/-) mice appear structurally intact by both negative stain and cryoelectron microscopy, three-dimensional reconstruction of the mTep1(-/-) vault revealed less density in the cap than previously observed for the intact rat vault. Furthermore, the absence of TEP1 completely disrupted the stable association of the vault RNA with the purified vault particle and also resulted in a decrease in the levels and stability of the vault RNA. Therefore, we have uncovered a novel role for TEP1 in vivo as an integral vault protein important for the stabilization and recruitment of the vault RNA to the vault particle.
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