Conservation of the gene structure and membrane-targeting signals of germ cell-specific lamin LIII in amphibians and fish

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 51-60

  Hofemeister, Helmut ^a   Kuhn, Cäcilia ^b   Franke, Werner W ^b   Weber, Klaus ^c   Stick, Reimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Lamin LIII; Membrane targeting motifs; Nuclear lamina; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; LAMIN; LAMIN 3; LAMIN A; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; ISOPRENYLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036176397     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00229     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. The nuclear lamina is a meshwork of intermediate-type filaments
2. Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: A new generation of protein database search programs
3. Isoprenylation is required for the processing of the lamin A precursor
4. Cell type-specific expression of nuclear lamina proteins during development of Xenopus laevis
5. Gene structure of nuclear lamin LIII of Xenopus laevis; a model for the evolution of IF proteins from a lamin-like ancestor
6. The role of CaaX-dependent modifications in membrane association of Xenopus nuclear lamin B3 during meiosis and the fate of B3 in transfected mitotic cells
7. cDNA sequencing of nuclear lamins A and C reveals primary and secondary structural homology to intermediate filament proteins
8. Intermediate filaments: Structure, dynamics, function, and disease
9. cDNA cloning of a germ cell specific lamin B3 from mouse spermatocytes and analysis of its function by ectopic expression in somatic cells
10. Identification and cloning of an mRNA coding for a germ cell-specific A-type lamin in mice
11. The nuclear envelope lamina is reversibly depolymerized during mitosis
12. A polybasic domain or palmitoylation is required in addition to the CAAX motif to localize p21ras to the plasma membrane
13. Distribution of nuclear proteins during maturation of the Xenopus oocyte
14. Mutations of phosphorylation sites in lamin A that prevent nuclear lamina disassembly in mitosis
15. The envelope, please: Nuclear lamins and disease
16. The role of isoprenylation in membrane attachment of nuclear lamins. A single point mutation prevents proteolytic cleavage of the lamin A precursor and confers membrane binding properties
17. Genes for intermediate filament proteins and the draft sequence of the human genome: Novel keratin genes and a surprisingly high number of pseudogenes related to keratin genes 8 and 18
18. Association of prenylated proteins with the plasma membrane and the inner nuclear membrane is mediated by the same membrane-targeting motifs
19. The CaaX motif of lamin A functions in conjunction with the nuclear localization signal to target assembly to the nuclear envelope
20. Lamins in disease: Why do ubiquitously expressed nuclear envelope proteins give rise to tissue-specific disease phenotypes?
21. Articulins and epiplasmins: Two distinct classes of cytoskeletal proteins of the membrane skeleton in protists
22. Cell cycles and development in the embryonic zebrafish
23. Subcellular localization and partial purification of prelamin A endoprotease: An enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of farnesylated prelamin A to mature lamin A
24. The CaaX motif is required for isoprenylation, carboxyl methylation, and nuclear membrane association of lamin B2
25. The conserved carboxy-terminal cysteine of nuclear lamins is essential for lamin association with the nuclear envelope
26. Differential expression of nuclear lamin proteins during chicken development
27. Insertional mutation of the Drosophila nuclear lamin Dm0 gene results in defective nuclear envelopes, clustering of nuclear pore complexes, and accumulation of annulate lamellae
28. Structural organization of the human gene encoding nuclear lamin A and nuclear lamin C
29. Structural organization of the human gene (LMNB1) encoding nuclear lamin B1
30. Essential roles for Caenorhabditis elegans lamin gene in nuclear organization, cell cycle progression, and spatial organization of nuclear pore complexes
31. Mutations in the nuclear lamin proteins resulting in their aberrant assembly in the cytoplasm
32. Characterization and quantitation of three B-type lamins in Xenopus oocytes and eggs: Increase of lamin LI protein synthesis during meiotic maturation
33. Membrane-associated lamins in Xenopus egg extracts: Identification of two vesicle populations
34. An alternative splicing product of the lamin A/C gene lacks exon 10
35. A major developmental transition in early Xenopus embryos: I. Characterization and timing of cellular changes at the midblastula stage
36. A major developmental transition in early Xenopus embryos: II. Control of the onset of transcription
37. Targeting lamin proteins to the nuclear envelope: The role of CaaX box modifications
38. In vitro disassembly of the nuclear lamina and M phase-specific phosphorylation of lamins by cdc2 kinase
39. Tunicates have unusual nuclear lamins with a large deletion in the carboxyterminal tail domain
40. Differential timing of nuclear lamin A/C expression in the various organs of the mouse embryo and the young animal: A developmental study
41. Mutational and biochemical analysis of plasma membrane targeting mediated by the farnesylated, polybasic carboxy terminus of K-ras4B
42. In situ neutralization in Boc-chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis. Rapid, high yield assembly of difficult sequences
43. Stages of oocyte development in the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio
44. Teratocarcinoma stem cells and early mouse embryos contain only a single major lamin polypeptide closely resembling lamin B
45. The gene structure of Xenopus nuclear lamin A: A model for the evolution of A-type from B-type lamins by exon shuffling
46. The fates of chicken nuclear lamin proteins during mitosis: Evidence for a reversible redistribution of lamin B2 between inner nuclear membrane and elements of the endoplasmic reticulum
47. Changes in the nuclear lamina composition during early development of Xenopus laevis
48. Immunological localization of the major architectural protein associated with the nuclear envelope of the Xenopus laevis oocyte
49. Loss of A-type lamin expression compromises nuclear envelope integrity leading to muscular dystrophy
50. PAUP Phylogenetic analysis using parsimony
51. Maturation of nuclear lamin A involves a specific carboxy-terminal trimming, which removes the polyisoprenylation site from the precursor; implications for the structure of the nuclear lamina
52. Lamins and disease: Insights into nuclear infrastructure
53. A new lamin in Xenopus somatic tissues displays strong homology to human lamin A
54. Identification and molecular cloning of germinal vesicle lamin B3 in goldfish (Carassius auratus) oocytes
55. Gene structure and chromosomal localization of the murine lamin B2 gene