Published 7 January 2002. doi:10.1083/jcb.200105133
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The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 156, Number 1, January 7, 2002 41-52
A predominantly nuclear protein affecting cytoplasmic localization of ß-actin mRNA in fibroblasts and neurons
Wei Gu1,
Feng Pan1,
Honglai Zhang2,
Gary J. Bassell2 and
Robert H. Singer1
1 Departments of Anatomy and Structural Biology and Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
2 Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
Address correspondence to Robert H. Singer, Dept. of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461. Tel.: (718) 430-8646. Fax: (718) 430-8697. E-mail: rhsinger{at}aecom.yu.edu
The localization of ß-actin mRNA to the leading lamellae of chicken fibroblasts and neurite growth cones of developing neurons requires a 54-nt localization signal (the zipcode) within the 3' untranslated region. In this study we have identified and isolated five proteins binding to the zipcode. One of these we previously identified as zipcode binding protein (ZBP)1, a 4-KH domain protein. A second is now investigated in detail: a 92-kD protein, ZBP2, that is especially abundant in extracts from embryonic brain. We show that ZBP2 is a homologue of the human hnRNP protein, KSRP, that appears to mediate pre-mRNA splicing. However, ZBP2 has a 47amino acid (aa) sequence not present in KSRP. Various portions of ZBP2 fused to GFP indicate that the protein most likely shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm, and that the 47-aa insert promotes the nuclear localization. Expression of a truncated ZBP2 inhibits the localization of ß-actin mRNA in both fibroblast and neurons. These data suggest that ZBP2, although predominantly a nuclear protein, has a role in the cytoplasmic localization of ß-actin mRNA.
Key Words: RNA localization; RNA binding proteins; nuclear-cytoplasmic trafficking; RNA splicing; KH domain proteins

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