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ArticleNucleic acids research2005

The POU protein Oct-6 is a nucleocytoplasmic shuttling protein.

Constanze Baranek, Elisabeth Sock, Michael Wegner

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Constanze BaranekInstitut für Biochemie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Elisabeth Sock
Michael Wegner
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Like many POU domain proteins, Oct-6 plays important roles during vertebrate development. In accord with its function as a transcriptional regulator during neurogenesis and myelination, Oct-6 is predominantly found in the nucleus. Nuclear import is mediated by a nuclear localization signal at the N-terminal end of the POU homeodomain. Here we show, that Oct-6 in addition contains a nuclear export signal so that Oct-6 is able to shuttle constantly between nucleus and cytoplasm. This nuclear export signal is also localized in the POU homeodomain as part of helix 2 and the connecting loop to DNA recognition helix 3. It conforms to the consensus of hydrophobic leucine-rich export sequences and mediates export from the nucleus via CRM1/Exp1. Several amino acid substitutions or insertions that inactivate this nuclear export sequence, reduce DNA-binding of Oct-6 to its octamer recognition element slighty, but interfere strongly with Oct-6-dependent transcriptional activation, thus arguing that nuclear export and nucleocytoplasmic shuttling are essential aspects of Oct-6 function. Importantly, the nuclear export signal identified for Oct-6 is conserved in most, if not all other vertebrate POU proteins. Nuclear export might therefore be of general relevance for POU protein function throughout development.

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Active Transport, Cell NucleusAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell LineCell NucleusConserved SequenceCytoplasmExportin 1 ProteinHumansKaryopherinsLeucineMiceMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearTranscriptional ActivationExportin 1 ProteinKaryopherinsLeucineReceptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear

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PMID16260476
PMCPMC1275591
OpenAlexW1986258908

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