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First published online 19 December 2006
doi: 10.1242/jcs.03345

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A B23-interacting sequence as a tool to visualize protein interactions in a cellular context

Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS/Universités Paris 6 et 7, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: dhernand{at}ccr.jussieu.fr)

Accepted 9 November 2006

We report the characterization of a nucleolar localization sequence (NoLS) that targets the green fluorescent protein (GFP) into the granular component (GC) of nucleoli. This NoLS interacts in vitro specifically and directly with the major nucleolar protein B23 and more precisely with the region of B23 including the two acidic stretches. The affinity of NoLS for B23 is stronger than that of the HIV-1 Rev protein in vitro. Moreover, B23-NoLS interaction also occurs in vivo. Indeed, (1) NoLS confers on the GFP the behavior of B23 throughout the cell cycle, (2) the GFP-NoLS fusion and B23 remain colocalized after drug treatments, (3) a selective delocalization of B23 from nucleoli to nucleoplasm induces a concomitent delocalization of the GFP-NoLS fusion, and (4) the fusion of NoLS to fibrillarin makes it possible to colocalize fibrillarin and B23. Interestingly, by fusing NoLS to fibrillarin, both fibrillarin and the fibrillarin partner Nop56 are mislocalized in the GC of nucleoli. Similarly, by fusing the NoLS to MafG, part of the nuclear transcription factor NF-E2 composed of both MafG and p45 NF-E2, NF-E2 is redirected from the nucleoplasm to the nucleoli. Thus, we propose that the NoLS may be used as a tool to visualize and prove protein interactions in a cellular context.

Key words: Nucleolus, Protein B23, NoLS, Targeting, Protein interaction

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