Biology:Nucleolin

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Nucleolin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NCL gene.[1][2]

Gene

The human NCL gene is located on chromosome 2 and consists of 14 exons with 13 introns and spans approximately 11kb. Intron 11 of the NCL gene encodes a small nucleolar RNA, termed U20.[3]

Function

Nucleolin is the major nucleolar protein of growing eukaryotic cells. It is found associated with intranucleolar chromatin and pre-ribosomal particles. It induces chromatin decondensation by binding to histone H1. It is thought to play a role in pre-rRNA transcription and ribosome assembly. May play a role in the process of transcriptional elongation. Binds RNA oligonucleotides with 5'-UUAGGG-3' repeats more tightly than the telomeric single-stranded DNA 5'-TTAGGG-3' repeats.

Nucleolin is also able to act as a transcriptional coactivator with Chicken Ovalbumin Upstream Promoter Transcription Factor II (COUP-TFII).[4]

Clinical significance

Midkine and pleiotrophin bind to cell-surface nucleolin as a low affinity receptor. This binding can inhibit HIV infection.[5][6]

Nucleolin at the cell surface is the receptor for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion protein.[7] Interference with the nucleolin–RSV fusion protein interaction has been shown to be therapeutic against RSV infection in cell cultures and animal models.[8][9][10][11]

Interactions

Nucleolin has been shown to interact with:

References

  1. "Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the human nucleolin gene". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 265 (25): 14922–31. Sep 1990. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)77205-0. PMID 2394707. 
  2. "A major nucleolar protein, nucleolin, induces chromatin decondensation by binding to histone H1". European Journal of Biochemistry 175 (3): 525–30. Aug 1988. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14224.x. PMID 3409881. 
  3. "Entrez Gene: NCL nucleolin". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=4691. 
  4. "Identification and characterization of nucleolin as a COUP-TFII coactivator of retinoic acid receptor β transcription in breast cancer cells". PLOS ONE 7 (5): e38278. May 2012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038278. PMID 22693611. Bibcode2012PLoSO...738278L. 
  5. "The anti-HIV cytokine midkine binds the cell surface-expressed nucleolin as a low affinity receptor". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (40): 37492–502. Oct 2002. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201194200. PMID 12147681. 
  6. "Pleiotrophin inhibits HIV infection by binding the cell surface-expressed nucleolin". The FEBS Journal 272 (18): 4646–59. Sep 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04870.x. PMID 16156786. 
  7. "Identification of nucleolin as a cellular receptor for human respiratory syncytial virus". Nature Medicine 17 (9): 1132–5. Sep 2011. doi:10.1038/nm.2444. PMID 21841784. 
  8. "The Susceptibilities of Respiratory Syncytial Virus to Nucleolin Receptor Blocking and Antibody Neutralization are Dependent upon the Method of Virus Purification". Viruses 9 (8): 207. Aug 2017. doi:10.3390/v9080207. PMID 28771197. 
  9. "The RSV fusion receptor: not what everyone expected it to be". Microbes and Infection / Institut Pasteur 14 (13): 1205–10. Nov 2012. doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2012.07.015. PMID 22884716. 
  10. "RSV fusion: time for a new model". Viruses 5 (3): 873–85. Mar 2013. doi:10.3390/v5030873. PMID 23518574. 
  11. "Respiratory syncytial virus receptor expression in the mouse and viral tropism". Histology and Histopathology 30 (30): 401–411. Nov 2014. doi:10.14670/HH-30.401. PMID 25374027. 
  12. "Identification of Nucleolin as a Novel AEG-1-Interacting Protein in Breast Cancer via Interactome Profiling.". Cancers 13 (11): 2842. Jun 2021. doi:10.3390/cancers13112842. PMID 34200450. 
  13. "The physical association of casein kinase 2 with nucleolin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (26): 15662–8. Jun 1996. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.26.15662. PMID 8663258. 
  14. "Centaurin-alpha 1 associates in vitro and in vivo with nucleolin". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 301 (2): 502–8. Feb 2003. doi:10.1016/s0006-291x(02)03010-3. PMID 12565890. 
  15. "Competitive regulation of nucleolin expression by HuR and miR-494". Molecular and Cellular Biology 31 (20): 4219–31. Oct 2011. doi:10.1128/MCB.05955-11. PMID 21859890. 
  16. "C23 interacts with B23, a putative nucleolar-localization-signal-binding protein". European Journal of Biochemistry 237 (1): 153–8. Apr 1996. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0153n.x. PMID 8620867. 
  17. "Stress-dependent nucleolin mobilization mediated by p53-nucleolin complex formation". Molecular and Cellular Biology 22 (16): 6014–22. Aug 2002. doi:10.1128/mcb.22.16.6014-6022.2002. PMID 12138209. 
  18. "Interaction of protein phosphatase 1 delta with nucleolin in human osteoblastic cells". The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 50 (9): 1187–93. Sep 2002. doi:10.1177/002215540205000905. PMID 12185196. 
  19. "S100C/A11 is a key mediator of Ca(2+)-induced growth inhibition of human epidermal keratinocytes". The Journal of Cell Biology 163 (4): 825–35. Nov 2003. doi:10.1083/jcb.200304017. PMID 14623863. 
  20. "Nucleolin associates with a subset of the human Ro ribonucleoprotein complexes". Journal of Molecular Biology 320 (3): 475–88. Jul 2002. doi:10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00518-1. PMID 12096904. 
  21. "Interaction between the N-terminus of human topoisomerase I and SV40 large T antigen". Nucleic Acids Research 26 (7): 1841–7. Apr 1998. doi:10.1093/nar/26.7.1841. PMID 9512561. 
  22. "Identification of a nucleolin binding site in human topoisomerase I". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (4): 1993–7. Jan 1996. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.4.1993. PMID 8567649. 
  23. "Nucleolin interacts with telomerase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (49): 51508–15. Dec 2004. doi:10.1074/jbc.M407643200. PMID 15371412. 

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