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Eukaryotic Cell, February 2005, p. 274-280, Vol. 4, No. 2
1535-9778/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.4.2.274-280.2005

Ran GTPase Regulates Mad2 Localization to the Nuclear Pore Complex

B. Booth Quimby,* Alexei Arnaoutov, and Mary Dasso

Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Received 1 September 2004/ Accepted 1 December 2004

In yeast and mammalian cells, the spindle assembly checkpoint proteins Mad1p and Mad2p localize to the nuclear pore complex (NPC) during interphase. Deletion of MAD1 or MAD2 did not affect steady-state nucleocytoplasmic distribution of a classical nuclear localization signal-containing reporter, a nuclear export signal-containing reporter, or Ran localization. We utilized cells with conditional mutations in the yeast Ran GTPase pathway to examine the relationship between Ran and targeting of checkpoint regulators to the NPC. Mutations that disrupt the concentration of Ran in the nucleus displaced Mad2p but not Mad1p from the NPC. The displacement of Mad2p in M-phase cells was correlated with activation of the spindle checkpoint. Our observations demonstrate that Mad2p localization at NPCs is sensitive to nuclear levels of Ran and suggest that release of Mad2p from NPCs is closely linked with spindle assembly checkpoint activation in yeast. This is the first evidence indicating that Ran affects the localization of Mad2p to the NPC.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: LGRD/NICHD/NIH, Bldg. 18T, Rm. 106, 18 Library Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892-5431. Phone: (301) 402-1555. Fax: (301) 402-1323. E-mail: quimbyb{at}mail.nih.gov.

Eukaryotic Cell, February 2005, p. 274-280, Vol. 4, No. 2
1535-9778/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.4.2.274-280.2005




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