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    Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Feb;23(4):716-28. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0530. Epub 2011 Dec 21.

    LAS1L interacts with the mammalian Rix1 complex to regulate ribosome biogenesis.

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    Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

    Abstract

    The coordination of RNA polymerase I transcription with pre-rRNA processing, preribosomal particle assembly, and nuclear export is a finely tuned process requiring the concerted actions of a number of accessory factors. However, the exact functions of some of these proteins and how they assemble in subcomplexes remain poorly defined. LAS1L was first described as a nucleolar protein required for maturation of the 60S preribosomal subunit. In this paper, we demonstrate that LAS1L interacts with PELP1, TEX10, and WDR18, the mammalian homologues of the budding yeast Rix1 complex, along with NOL9 and SENP3, to form a novel nucleolar complex that cofractionates with the 60S preribosomal subunit. Depletion of LAS1L-associated proteins results in a p53-dependent G1 arrest and leads to defects in processing of the pre-rRNA internal transcribed spacer 2 region. We further show that the nucleolar localization of this complex requires active RNA polymerase I transcription and the small ubiquitin-like modifier-specific protease SENP3. Taken together, our data identify a novel mammalian complex required for 60S ribosomal subunit synthesis, providing further insight into the intricate, yet poorly described, process of ribosome biogenesis in higher eukaryotes.

    PMID:
    22190735
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC3279398
    Free PMC Article

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