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ArticleeLife2022

An amphipathic helix in Brl1 is required for nuclear pore complex biogenesis in

Annemarie Kralt, Matthias Wojtynek, Jonas S Fischer, Arantxa Agote-Aran, Roberta Mancini, Elisa Dultz, Elad Noor, Federico Uliana, Marianna Tatarek-Nossol, Wolfram Antonin and 3 more

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Atg39-dependent nucleophagy and Atg40-dependent ER-phagy require the Apq12/Brr6/Brl1 complex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Annemarie Kralt *Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6705-2102
Matthias Wojtynek *Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4027-7130
Jonas S Fischer *Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8652-1813
Arantxa Agote-AranInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Roberta ManciniInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Elisa DultzInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1114-5523
Elad NoorDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-8776-4799
Federico UlianaInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Marianna Tatarek-NossolInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Wolfram AntoninInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Evgeny OnischenkoDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Ohad MedaliaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0994-2937
Karsten WeisInstitute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7224-925X
ETH Zurich · CHRWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity of Zurich · CHPlanta · RUUniversity of Bergen · NO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is the central portal for macromolecular exchange between the nucleus and cytoplasm. In all eukaryotes, NPCs assemble into an intact nuclear envelope (NE) during interphase, but the process of NPC biogenesis remains poorly characterized. Furthermore, little is known about how NPC assembly leads to the fusion of the outer and inner NE, and no factors have been identified that could trigger this event. Here, we characterize the transmembrane protein Brl1 as an NPC assembly factor required for NE fusion in budding yeast. Brl1 preferentially associates with NPC assembly intermediates and its depletion halts NPC biogenesis, leading to NE herniations that contain inner and outer ring nucleoporins but lack the cytoplasmic export platform. Furthermore, we identify an essential amphipathic helix in the luminal domain of Brl1 that mediates interactions with lipid bilayers. Mutations in this amphipathic helix lead to NPC assembly defects, and cryo-electron tomography analyses reveal multilayered herniations of the inner nuclear membrane with NPC-like structures at the neck, indicating a failure in NE fusion. Taken together, our results identify a role for Brl1 in NPC assembly and suggest a function of its amphipathic helix in mediating the fusion of the inner and outer nuclear membranes.

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Saccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsNuclear EnvelopeNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinscell biologymembrane fusionnuclear envelopenuclear pore complexS. cerevisiae

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PMID36000978
PMCPMC9402233
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