| Literature DB >> 9214640 |
M Gotta1, S Strahl-Bolsinger, H Renauld, T Laroche, B K Kennedy, M Grunstein, S M Gasser.
Abstract
In wild-type budding yeast strains, the proteins encoded by SIR3, SIR4 and RAP1 co-localize with telomeric DNA in a limited number of foci in interphase nuclei. Immunostaining of Sir2p shows that in addition to a punctate staining that coincides with Rap1 foci, Sir2p localizes to a subdomain of the nucleolus. The presence of Sir2p at both the spacer of the rDNA repeat and at telomeres is confirmed by formaldehyde cross-linking and immunoprecipitation with anti-Sir2p antibodies. In strains lacking Sir4p, Sir3p becomes concentrated in the nucleolus, by a pathway requiring SIR2 and UTH4, a gene that regulates life span in yeast. The unexpected nucleolar localization of Sir2p and Sir3p correlates with observed effects of sir mutations on rDNA stability and yeast longevity, defining a new site of action for silent information regulatory factors.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9214640 PMCID: PMC1169941 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3243
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EMBO J ISSN: 0261-4189 Impact factor: 11.598