RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 Dissecting the roles of Nup35 and Nup107 in nuclear pore complex assembly and mitosis in Caenorhabditis elegans
A1 Ródenas Martínez, Eduardo
K1 Biología celular
K1 Membrana celular
K1 Metabolismo
K1 Caenorhabditis elegans
AB Nuclear pore complexes consist of several subcomplexes. The NUP107 complex is important for nucleocytoplasmic transport, nuclear envelope assembly, and kinetochore function. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms and the roles of individual complex members remain elusive. We report the first description of a genetic disruption of NUP107 in a metazoan. Caenorhabditis elegans NUP107/npp-5 mutants display temperature-dependent lethality. Surprisingly, NPP-5 is dispensable for incorporation of most nucleoporins into nuclear pores and for nuclear protein import. In contrast, NPP-5 is essential for proper kinetochore localization of NUP133/NPP-15, another NUP107 complex member, whereas recruitment of NUP96/NPP-10C and ELYS/MEL-28 is NPP-5 independent. We found that kinetochore protein NUF2/HIM-10 and Aurora B/AIR-2 kinase are less abundant on mitotic chromatin upon NPP-5 depletion. npp-5 mutants are hypersensitive to anoxia, suggesting that the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) is compromised. Indeed, NPP-5 interacts genetically and physically with SAC protein MAD1/MDF-1, whose nuclear envelope accumulation requires NPP-5. Thus our results strengthen the emerging connection between nuclear pore proteins and chromosome segregation.
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23542
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23542
LA en
NO Programa de Doctorado en Biotecnología
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Biología molecular e Ingeniería química
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026