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Nature 441, 774-778 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature04845; Received 30 January 2006; Accepted 28 April 2006
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Nuclear pore association confers optimal expression levels for an inducible yeast gene
Angela Taddei1,2, Griet Van Houwe3, Florence Hediger1, Veronique Kalck1, Fabien Cubizolles1, Heiko Schober1,3 & Susan M. Gasser1,3
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
- UMR 218, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut Curie-Section de Recherche, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
- University of Geneva, NCCR Frontiers in Genetics, Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Correspondence to: Susan M. Gasser1,3 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to S.G. (Email: susan.gasser@fmi.ch).
Abstract
The organization of the nucleus into subcompartments creates microenvironments that are thought to facilitate distinct nuclear functions1. In budding yeast, regions of silent chromatin, such as those at telomeres and mating-type loci, cluster at the nuclear envelope creating zones that favour gene repression1, 2. Other reports indicate that gene transcription occurs at the nuclear periphery, apparently owing to association of the gene with nuclear pore complexes3, 4, 5. Here we report that transcriptional activation of a subtelomeric gene, HXK1 (hexokinase isoenzyme 1), by growth on a non-glucose carbon source led to its relocalization to nuclear pores. This relocation required the 3' untranslated region (UTR), which is essential for efficient messenger RNA processing and export, consistent with an accompanying report6. However, activation of HXK1 by an alternative pathway based on the transactivator VP16 moved the locus away from the nuclear periphery and abrogated the normal induction of HXK1 by galactose. Notably, when we interfered with HXK1 localization by either antagonizing or promoting association with the pore, transcript levels were reduced or enhanced, respectively. From this we conclude that nuclear position has an active role in determining optimal gene expression levels.
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