Yeast silencing factor Sir4 and a subset of nucleoporins form a complex distinct from nuclear pore complexes

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Interactions occurring at the nuclear envelope (NE)-chromatin interface influence both NE structure and chromatin organization. Insights into the functions of NE-chromatin interactions have come from the study of yeast subtelomeric chromatin and its association with the NE, including the identification of various proteins necessary for tethering subtelomeric chromatin to the NE and the silencing of resident genes. Here we show that four of these proteins-the silencing factor Sir4, NE-associated Esc1, the SUMO E3 ligase Siz2, and the nuclear pore complex (NPC) protein Nup170- physically and functionally interact with one another and a subset of NPC components (nucleoporins or Nups). Importantly, this group of Nups is largely restricted to members of the inner and outer NPC rings, but it lacks numerous others including cytoplasmically and nucleoplasmically positioned Nups. We propose that this Sir4-associated Nup complex is distinct from holo-NPCs and that it plays a role in subtelomeric chromatin organization and NE tethering.

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Lapetina, D. L., Ptak, C., Roesner, U. K., & Wozniak, R. W. (2017). Yeast silencing factor Sir4 and a subset of nucleoporins form a complex distinct from nuclear pore complexes. Journal of Cell Biology, 216(10), 3145–3159. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201609049

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