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'''Editor-In-Chief:''' Henry A. Hoff
'''Editor-In-Chief:''' Henry A. Hoff


The '''nucleoskeleton''' (NSK) provides a framework for [[DNA replication]], [[transcription]], [[chromatin remodeling]], [[Cell signaling|signaling]], and [[Messenger RNA|mRNA synthesis]], processing and transport. The structural elements include the [[nuclear lamina]], core filaments, diffuse skeleton, nuclear bodies, the intranucleolar skeleton and [[Nucleolus#Fibrillar center (FC)|fibrillar center]]s.
The '''nucleoskeleton''' (NSK) provides a framework for [[DNA replication]], [[transcription]], [[chromatin remodeling]], [[Cell signaling|signaling]], and [[Messenger RNA|mRNA synthesis]], processing and transport.


=Small proteins ([[polypeptide]]s)=
==Introduction==


The [[nuclear pore complex]] restricts the size of particles including molecules that can get into the [[nucleohyaloplasm]] to be incorporated into the nucleoskeleton. Larger proteins require a [[nuclear localization signal]] (NLS). The pores are 100 [[nm]] in total diameter, with an opening diameter of about 50 nm; however, the gap through which molecules freely diffuse is only about 9-10 nm wide,<ref name=Kramer>{{ cite journal |author=Kramer A, Ludwig Y, Shahin V, Oberleithner H |title=A Pathway Separate from the Central Channel through the Nuclear Pore Complex for Inorganic Ions and Small Macromolecules |journal=J Biol Chem. |volume=282 |issue=43 |pages=31437-43 |month=Oct |year=2007 |doi=10.1074/jbc.M703720200 |pmid=17726020 |url=http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/282/43/31437 }}</ref> due to the presence of regulatory systems within the center of the pore. The 10 nm diameter corresponds to an upper mass limit of 70 kDa.<ref name=Melchior>{{ cite journal |author=Melchior F, Gerace L |title=Mechanisms of nuclear protein import |journal=Curr Opin Cell Biol. |volume=7 |issue=3 |month=Jun |year=1995 |pages=310-8 |pmid=7662359 }}</ref>
Of the structures local to the [[nucleoplasm]], some serve to confine it such as the inner membrane of the [[nuclear envelope]]. While others are completely suspended within it, for example, the [[nucleolus]].


Due to the size limitation of the nuclear pore, these polypeptides would range from 9 kDa to <70 kDa and not need or have a NLS. For example, [[emerin]] 18 kDa (no NLS) mediates inner nuclear membrane anchorage to the [[nuclear lamina]], regulates the flux of [[beta-catenin]] into the nucleus, and interacts with nuclear [[actin]].<ref name=emerin>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: EMD emerin |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2010&ordinalpos=12&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref><ref name=EMD>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS: GENE Database EMD |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref><ref name=EMERIN>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00032003 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/203523 }}</ref>
Other structural elements include the [[nuclear lamina]], core filaments, diffuse skeleton, nuclear bodies, the intranucleolar skeleton and [[Nucleolus#Fibrillar center (FC)|fibrillar center]]s.


=[[Actin]] nucleoskeleton=
==Nuclear envelope membrane skeleton==


Actins are highly conserved proteins that can form a tetramer. Further polymerization produces [[microfilament]]s such as those of the [[cytoskeleton]]. Alpha actin: [[ACTA1]] 42 [[kDa]] is myosin binding and forms actin microfilaments, [[ACTA2]] 42 kDa is at least intracellular. As a part of nuclear actin, [[beta-actin]] (ACTB) has a 42 kDa mass as a monomer (no NLS), is a component of [[SWI/SNF]] chromatin remodeling complexes, and rapidly shuttles between the [[nucleohyaloplasm|nucleosol]] and [[cytosol]].<ref name=Olave>{{ cite journal |author=Olave IA, Reck-Peterson SL, Crabtree GR |title=Olave IA, Reck-Peterson SL, Crabtree GR |journal=Annu Rev Biochem. |volume=71 |pages=755-81 |year=2002 |pmid=12045110 }}</ref> Gamma actin: [[ACTC1]] 42 kDa is intracellular, incorporated into actin microfilaments, is dissolved in the cytosol.
[[Emerin]] 18 kDa (no NLS) mediates inner nuclear membrane anchorage to the [[nuclear lamina]], regulates the flux of [[beta-catenin]] into the nucleus, and interacts with nuclear [[actin]].<ref name=emerin>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: EMD emerin |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2010&ordinalpos=12&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref><ref name=EMD>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS: GENE Database EMD |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref><ref name=EMERIN>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00032003 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/203523 }}</ref>


The actin-related proteins (Arps) are also components of these chromatin remodeling complexes.<ref name=Olave/> [[ACTR1A]] 42.6 kDa is a subunit of dynactin, as is ACTR1B 42.3 kDa. Both subunits are Arp1 (centractin). Arp2 45 kDa<ref name=IPI00005159>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00005159 - ACTR2 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/196207 }}</ref> is a major constituent of the [[Arp2/3 complex]].<ref name=ACTR2>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: ACTR2 ARP2 actin-related protein 2 homolog (yeast) |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10097&ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> Arp3 47 kDa<ref name=IPI00007068>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00007068 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/196766 }}</ref> is a major constituent of the Arp2/3 complex<ref name=ACTR3>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: ACTR3 ARP3 actin-related protein 3 homolog |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10096&ordinalpos=10&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> which binds actin and may initiate nucleus assembly of actin.<ref name=Kelly>{{ cite journal |author=Kelly AE, Kranitz H, Dötsch V, Mullins RD |title=Actin binding to the central domain of WASP/Scar proteins plays a critical role in the activation of the Arp2/3 complex |journal=J Biol Chem. |volum=281 |issue=15 |month=Apr |year=2006 |pages=10589-97 |pmid=16403731 }}</ref> Arp5 68 kDa<ref name=Arp5>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTR5 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000101442 }}</ref> has no NLS but is involved in ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling.<ref name=ARP5-NPD>{{ cite web |title=Nuclear Protein Database ARP5 |url=https://npd.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/search.php?action=builddetails&geneid=1NP02151 }}</ref> Arp6 20 kDa and 36 kDa forms<ref name=IPI00171779>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00171779 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/208921 }}</ref> has nuclear localization<ref name=Ohfuchi>{{ cite journal |author=Ohfuchi E, Kato M, Sasaki M, Sugimoto K, Oma Y, Harata M |title=Vertebrate Arp6, a novel nuclear actin-related protein, interacts with heterochromatin protein 1 |journal=Eur J Cell Biol. |volume=85 |issue=5 |month=May |pages=411-21 |year=2006 |pmid=16487625 }}</ref>. Arp8 58 kDa<ref name=IPI00025646>{{ cite web |title=Apropos Ipirecord: IPI00025646 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/201870 }}</ref>, 37 kDa and 70 kDa<ref name=Q9H981>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTR8 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000113812 }}</ref> chromosome associates<ref name=ACTR8>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: ACTR8 ARP8 actin-related protein 8 homolog (yeast) |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=93973&ordinalpos=11&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> with involvement in chromatin remodelling (has NLS).<ref name=ARP8>{{ cite web |title=Nuclear Protein Database ARP8 |url=https://npd.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/search.php?action=builddetails&geneid=1NP02152 }}</ref> Arp10 46 kDa<ref name=hARP11>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTR10 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000131966 }}</ref>. ArpM1 41 kDa<ref name=ARPM1-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ARPM1 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>. The Arp2/3 complex may be involved in the control of actin polymerization. ARPC1A 41 kDa is a subunit of the Arp2/3 complex along with ARPC1B 41 kDa, [[ARPC2]] 34 kDa, [[ARPC3]] 21 kDa, ARPC3B 21 kDa, [[ARPC4]] 20 kDa, [[ARPC5]] 16 kDa, and ARPC5L 17 kDa<ref name=ARPC5L-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ARPC5L |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>. Actin-like 6B (ACTL6B) is an Arp, a subunit of the BAF complex, which is functionally related to SWI/SNF complex, 47 kDa<ref name=BAF53B>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTL6B gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000077080 }}</ref>, and has intracellular nucleus localization<ref name=ACTL6B-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ACTL6B |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>. As with ACTL6B, [[ACTL6A]] 53 kDa and 43 kDa (two different isoforms) binds chromatin, localizes to the nucleus, is involved in chromatin remodeling, and transcription.<ref name=BAF53A>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTL6A gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000136518 }}</ref> It is a structural constituent of the nucleoskeleton.<ref name=ACTL6A-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ACTL6A |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref> ACTRT1 42 kDa<ref name=Arp-T1>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTRT1 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000123165 }}</ref>. ACTRT2 42 kDa<ref name=Arp-T2>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTRT2 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000169717 }}</ref>.
[[Nesprin]] is a protein that is found in the outer nuclear membrane. It attaches to the actin filaments of the [[cytoskeleton]] and to emerin which is found in the inner nuclear membrane. Nesprin-1 is an isoform of [[enaptin]] which associates with the F-actin cytoskeleton and the nuclear membrane.<ref name=Padmakumar>{{ cite journal |author=Padmakumar VC, Abraham S, Braune S, ''et al.'' |title=Enaptin, a giant actin-binding protein, is an element of the nuclear membrane and the actin cytoskeleton. |journal=Exp Cell Res. |volume=295 |issue= 2 |pages= 330-9 |year= 2004 |pmid= 15093733 }}</ref> Nesprin-2, like nesprin-1, is associated with actin-binding and nuclear envelope associated proteins.<ref name=Lüke>{{ cite journal |author=Lüke Y, Zaim H, Karakesisoglou I, Jaeger VM, ''et al.'' |title=Nesprin-2 Giant (NUANCE) maintains nuclear envelope architecture and composition in skin. |journal=J. Cell Sci. |volume=121 |issue= 11 |pages= 1887-98|year= 2008 |pmid= 18477613 }}</ref> Nesprin-2 is an important scaffold protein implicated in the maintenance of nuclear envelope architecture.


Dynactin 1 (Dctn1) 150 kDa, the largest subunit of dynactin, which binds microtubules and is involved in chromosome movement, interacts with dynein.<ref name=DCTN1>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: DCTN1 dynactin 1 (p150, glued homolog, Drosophila) |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1639&ordinalpos=45&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> And, it has a NLS, is microtubule plus-end binding<ref name=DAP-150>{{ cite web |title=Nuclear Protein Database dynactin 1 |url=https://npd.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/search.php?action=builddetails&geneid=1NP00680 }}</ref>, has a second isoform of 135 kDa<ref name=IPI00029485>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00029485 - DCTN1, ISOFORM P150 OF DYNACTIN SUBUNIT 1 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/202889 }}</ref>, and binds to Arp1.<ref name=DCTN1-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database DCTN1 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref> Dynactin 2 (dynamitin) 50 kDa, 4-5 copies per dynactin molecule, is intracellular to the nucleus. Dynactin 3 22 kDa is a part of the dynactin complex, binding directly to Dctn1, and is intra cellular to the nucleus<ref name=DCTN3-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database DCTN3 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>. Dynactin 4 (Dctn4) 52 kDa is intracellular to the nucleus and a member of the pointed-end complex which contains Dctn4-6 and ACTR10.<ref name=DCTN4-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database DCTN4 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref> Dynactin 5 20 kDa and dynactin 6 21 kDa.
Nesprins have KASH [an acronym for Klarsicht, Anc-1, Syne Homology] domains which are conserved C-terminal protein regions of less than ~30 amino acids. KASH domains always follow a transmembrane domain and SUN [Sad1 and UNc (uncoordinated)-84 homology] domain proteins. In mammals, three KASH-domain proteins are represented, termed nesprin-1, -2 and -3. The C-terminal of the KASH domain contains a single transmembrane segment, followed by an evolutionarily conserved sequence (9–32 amino acids), located in the PNS ([[perinuclear space]]).<ref name=Schneider>{{ cite journal |author=Schneider M, Noegel A, Karakesisoglou I, |title=KASH-domain proteins and the cytoskeletal landscapes of the nuclear envelope. |journal=Biochem Soc Trans. |volume=36 |issue= 6 |pages= 1368-72|year= 2008 |pmid= 19021557 }}</ref> The KASH domain is necessary and sufficient for nuclear envelope (NE) targeting.


=Proteins=
Most proteins containing [[KASH domains]] may be involved in the positioning of the nucleus in the cell. These domains may interact with proteins containing [[SUN domains]] in the space between the outer and inner nuclear membranes to bridge the [[nuclear envelope]] and transfer force from the nucleoskeleton to the [[cytoskeleton]]. Although KASH proteins probably localize to the outer nuclear membrane, some KASH protein isoforms may localize to the inner nuclear membrane.<ref name=Starr>{{cite journal |author=Starr DA, Fischer JA |title=KASH 'n Karry: the KASH domain family of cargo-specific cytoskeletal adaptor proteins |journal=Bioessays |volume=27 |issue=11 |pages=1136–46 |year=2005 |month=Nov |pmid=16237665 |doi=10.1002/bies.20312 }}</ref>


Proteins larger than those allowed through a nuclear pore by passive transport require a [[nuclear localization signal]] (NLS). This is an amino acid sequence that targets the cytosolic nuclear transport receptors of the nuclear pore complex. A nuclear import NLS will bind strongly to [[importin]], while an export NLS ([[nuclear export signal]], NES) binds to an [[exportin]].
Like proteins containing KASH domains most proteins containing [[SUN domains]] may be involved in the positioning of the nucleus in the cell. SUN domains may interact directly with [[KASH domain]]s in the space between the outer and inner nuclear membranes to bridge the [[nuclear envelope]] and transfer force from the nucleoskeleton to the [[cytoskeleton]]. SUN proteins may preferentially localize to the inner nuclear membrane<ref name=Tzur>{{cite journal |author=Tzur YB, Wilson KL, Gruenbaum Y |title=SUN-domain proteins: 'Velcro' that links the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton |journal=Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. |volume=7 |issue=10 |pages=782–8 |year=2006 |month=Oct |pmid=16926857 |doi=10.1038/nrm2003 }}</ref>.
 
==[[Nuclear lamina]]==
 
The nuclear lamina is a dense, ~ 30 to 100 nanometers thick, fibrillar network composed of [[intermediate filament]]s made of [[lamin]] that lines the inner surface of the [[nuclear envelope]] in animal cells.
 
The [[nuclear pore complex]]es are embedded in the nuclear lamina.<ref name=Broers>{{ cite journal |author=Broers JL, Hutchison CJ, Ramaekers FC |title=Laminopathies | journal=J Pathol. |volume=204 |issue=4 |pages=478-88 |month=Nov |year=2004 |pmid=15495262 }}</ref>
 
==[[Nuclear pore complex]]==
 
The nuclear pore complex restricts the size of particles including molecules that can get into the [[nucleoplasm]] to be incorporated into the nucleoskeleton. Larger proteins require a [[nuclear localization signal]] (NLS). The pores are 100 [[nm]] in total diameter, with an opening diameter of about 50 nm; however, the gap through which molecules freely diffuse is only about 9-10 nm wide,<ref name=Kramer>{{ cite journal |author=Kramer A, Ludwig Y, Shahin V, Oberleithner H |title=A Pathway Separate from the Central Channel through the Nuclear Pore Complex for Inorganic Ions and Small Macromolecules |journal=J Biol Chem. |volume=282 |issue=43 |pages=31437-43 |month=Oct |year=2007 |doi=10.1074/jbc.M703720200 |pmid=17726020 |url=http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/282/43/31437 }}</ref> due to the presence of regulatory systems within the center of the pore. The 10 nm diameter corresponds to an upper mass limit of 70 kDa.<ref name=Melchior>{{ cite journal |author=Melchior F, Gerace L |title=Mechanisms of nuclear protein import |journal=Curr Opin Cell Biol. |volume=7 |issue=3 |month=Jun |year=1995 |pages=310-8 |pmid=7662359 }}</ref>
 
Due to the size limitation of the nuclear pore, these polypeptides would range from 9 kDa to <70 kDa and not need or have a NLS.


The lamins of mammalian nuclei are polypeptides of 60-80 kDa: A (70 kDa), B (68 kDa), and C (60 kDa).<ref name=Urich>{{ cite book | author=Klaus Urich |title=Comparative Animal Biochemistry |publisher=Springer |year=1994 |page=359 |isbn=3540574204, 9783540574200 }}</ref> A- and B-type lamins, which form separate, but interacting, stable meshworks in the lamina, have different mobilities.<ref name=Shimi>{{ cite journal |author=Shimi T, Pfleghaar K, Kojima S, Pack CG, Solovei I, Goldman AE, Adam SA, Shumaker DK, Kinjo M, Cremer T, Goldman RD |title=The A- and B-type nuclear lamin networks: microdomains involved in chromatin organization and transcription |journal=Genes Dev. |volume=22 |issue=24 |pages=3409-21 |month=Dec |year=2008 |pmid=19141474 }}</ref> All of the lamins have a NLS.<ref name=LMN>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS: Gene Database |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>
The lamins of mammalian nuclei are polypeptides of 60-80 kDa: A (70 kDa), B (68 kDa), and C (60 kDa).<ref name=Urich>{{ cite book | author=Klaus Urich |title=Comparative Animal Biochemistry |publisher=Springer |year=1994 |page=359 |isbn=3540574204, 9783540574200 }}</ref> A- and B-type lamins, which form separate, but interacting, stable meshworks in the lamina, have different mobilities.<ref name=Shimi>{{ cite journal |author=Shimi T, Pfleghaar K, Kojima S, Pack CG, Solovei I, Goldman AE, Adam SA, Shumaker DK, Kinjo M, Cremer T, Goldman RD |title=The A- and B-type nuclear lamin networks: microdomains involved in chromatin organization and transcription |journal=Genes Dev. |volume=22 |issue=24 |pages=3409-21 |month=Dec |year=2008 |pmid=19141474 }}</ref> All of the lamins have a NLS.<ref name=LMN>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS: Gene Database |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>


=Structures=
==[[Actin]] nucleoskeleton==
 
Actins are highly conserved proteins that can form a tetramer. Further polymerization produces [[microfilament]]s such as those of the [[cytoskeleton]].
 
===Nuclear actins===
 
Alpha actin: [[ACTA1]] 42 [[kDa]] is myosin binding and forms actin microfilaments, [[ACTA2]] 42 kDa is at least intracellular. As a part of nuclear actin, [[beta-actin]] (ACTB) has a 42 kDa mass as a monomer (no NLS), is a component of [[SWI/SNF]] chromatin remodeling complexes, and rapidly shuttles between the [[nucleohyaloplasm|nucleosol]] and [[cytosol]].<ref name=Olave>{{ cite journal |author=Olave IA, Reck-Peterson SL, Crabtree GR |title=Olave IA, Reck-Peterson SL, Crabtree GR |journal=Annu Rev Biochem. |volume=71 |pages=755-81 |year=2002 |pmid=12045110 }}</ref> Gamma actin: [[ACTC1]] 42 kDa is intracellular, incorporated into actin microfilaments, is dissolved in the cytosol.
 
===Nuclear actin-related proteins (ARPs)===
 
The actin-related proteins (Arps) are also components of these chromatin remodeling complexes.<ref name=Olave/> [[ACTR1A]] 42.6 kDa is a subunit of dynactin, as is ACTR1B 42.3 kDa. Both subunits are Arp1 (centractin). Arp2 45 kDa<ref name=IPI00005159>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00005159 - ACTR2 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/196207 }}</ref> is a major constituent of the [[Arp2/3 complex]].<ref name=ACTR2>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: ACTR2 ARP2 actin-related protein 2 homolog (yeast) |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10097&ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> Arp3 47 kDa<ref name=IPI00007068>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00007068 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/196766 }}</ref> is a major constituent of the Arp2/3 complex<ref name=ACTR3>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: ACTR3 ARP3 actin-related protein 3 homolog |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10096&ordinalpos=10&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> which binds actin and may initiate nucleus assembly of actin.<ref name=Kelly>{{ cite journal |author=Kelly AE, Kranitz H, Dötsch V, Mullins RD |title=Actin binding to the central domain of WASP/Scar proteins plays a critical role in the activation of the Arp2/3 complex |journal=J Biol Chem. |volum=281 |issue=15 |month=Apr |year=2006 |pages=10589-97 |pmid=16403731 }}</ref> Arp5 68 kDa<ref name=Arp5>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTR5 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000101442 }}</ref> has no NLS but is involved in ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling.<ref name=ARP5-NPD>{{ cite web |title=Nuclear Protein Database ARP5 |url=https://npd.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/search.php?action=builddetails&geneid=1NP02151 }}</ref> Arp6 20 kDa and 36 kDa forms<ref name=IPI00171779>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00171779 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/208921 }}</ref> has nuclear localization<ref name=Ohfuchi>{{ cite journal |author=Ohfuchi E, Kato M, Sasaki M, Sugimoto K, Oma Y, Harata M |title=Vertebrate Arp6, a novel nuclear actin-related protein, interacts with heterochromatin protein 1 |journal=Eur J Cell Biol. |volume=85 |issue=5 |month=May |pages=411-21 |year=2006 |pmid=16487625 }}</ref>. Arp8 58 kDa<ref name=IPI00025646>{{ cite web |title=Apropos Ipirecord: IPI00025646 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/201870 }}</ref>, 37 kDa and 70 kDa<ref name=Q9H981>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTR8 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000113812 }}</ref> chromosome associates<ref name=ACTR8>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: ACTR8 ARP8 actin-related protein 8 homolog (yeast) |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=93973&ordinalpos=11&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> with involvement in chromatin remodelling (has NLS).<ref name=ARP8>{{ cite web |title=Nuclear Protein Database ARP8 |url=https://npd.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/search.php?action=builddetails&geneid=1NP02152 }}</ref> Arp10 46 kDa<ref name=hARP11>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTR10 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000131966 }}</ref>. ArpM1 41 kDa<ref name=ARPM1-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ARPM1 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>. The Arp2/3 complex may be involved in the control of actin polymerization. ARPC1A 41 kDa is a subunit of the Arp2/3 complex along with ARPC1B 41 kDa, [[ARPC2]] 34 kDa, [[ARPC3]] 21 kDa, ARPC3B 21 kDa, [[ARPC4]] 20 kDa, [[ARPC5]] 16 kDa, and ARPC5L 17 kDa<ref name=ARPC5L-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ARPC5L |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>.
 
===Nuclear actin-like proteins (ACTLs)===
 
Actin-like 6B (ACTL6B) is an Arp, a subunit of the BAF complex, which is functionally related to SWI/SNF complex, 47 kDa<ref name=BAF53B>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTL6B gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000077080 }}</ref>, and has intracellular nucleus localization<ref name=ACTL6B-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ACTL6B |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>. As with ACTL6B, [[ACTL6A]] 53 kDa and 43 kDa (two different isoforms) binds chromatin, localizes to the nucleus, is involved in chromatin remodeling, and transcription.<ref name=BAF53A>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTL6A gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000136518 }}</ref> It is a structural constituent of the nucleoskeleton.<ref name=ACTL6A-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database ACTL6A |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref> ACTRT1 42 kDa<ref name=Arp-T1>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTRT1 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000123165 }}</ref>. ACTRT2 42 kDa<ref name=Arp-T2>{{ cite web |title=Human Protein Atlas ACTRT2 gene information |url=http://www.proteinatlas.org/gene_info.php?ensembl_gene_id=ENSG00000169717 }}</ref>.
 
===Nuclear actin binding proteins (ABPs)===
 
Supervillin ([[SVIL]]) has NLSs contained in its amino-terminus. The carboxy-terminus contains numerous consecutive sequences with extensive similarity to proteins in the gelsolin family of actin-binding proteins, which cap, nucleate, and/or sever actin filaments. SVIL is tightly associated with both actin filaments and plasma membranes,<ref name=Pestonjamasp>{{ cite journal |author=Pestonjamasp KN, Pope RK, Wulfkuhle JD, Luna EJ |title=Supervillin (p205): A novel membrane-associated, F-actin-binding protein in the villin/gelsolin superfamily. |journal=J. Cell Biol. |volume=139 |issue= 5 |pages= 1255-69 |year= 1997 |pmid= 9382871 |doi=  }}</ref> suggesting a role as a high-affinity link between the actin cytoskeleton and the membrane. Its function may include recruitment of actin and other cytoskeletal proteins into specialized structures at the plasma membrane and in the nuclei of growing cells.<ref name=supervillin>{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: SVIL supervillin| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6840| accessdate = }}</ref>
 
SVIL is known to localize to chromosomes.<ref name=Pope>{{cite journal  | author=Pope RK, Pestonjamasp KN, Smith KP, ''et al.'' |title=Cloning, characterization, and chromosomal localization of human supervillin (SVIL). |journal=Genomics |volume=52 |issue= 3 |pages= 342-51 |year= 1998 |pmid= 9867483 |doi=  }}</ref> It also bundles F-actin.<ref name=Wulfkuhle>{{cite journal  | author=Wulfkuhle JD, Donina IE, Stark NH, ''et al.'' |title=Domain analysis of supervillin, an F-actin bundling plasma membrane protein with functional nuclear localization signals. |journal=J. Cell. Sci. |volume=112 ( Pt 13) |issue=  |pages= 2125-36 |year= 1999 |pmid= 10362542 |doi=  }}</ref> And, binds myosin II which is not in the nucleus.<ref name=Chen>{{cite journal  | author=Chen Y, Takizawa N, Crowley JL, ''et al.'' |title=F-actin and myosin II binding domains in supervillin. |journal=J. Biol. Chem. |volume=278 |issue= 46 |pages= 46094-106 |year= 2003 |pmid= 12917436 |doi= 10.1074/jbc.M305311200 }}</ref>
 
One motor protein that localizes intracellularly to the nucleus is myosin 1F ({{Gene|MYO1F}}) 125 kDa.<ref name=MYO1F>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database MYO1F |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref> It does not have a NLS. Its N terminal motor domain uses ATP and has actin binding sites.<ref name=MYO1F/> The tail of MYO1F includes (1) a TH-1 region which may interact with membrane phospholipids, (2) a TH-2 proline-rich region which may contain an ATP-insensitive actin-binding site, and (3) a SH-3 domain found in a variety of cytoskeletal and signaling proteins.<ref name=Crozet>{{ cite journal |author=Crozet F, el Amraoui A, Blanchard S, Lenoir M, Ripoll C, Vago P, Hamel C, Fizames C, Levi-Acobas F, Depétris D, Mattei MG, Weil D, Pujol R, Petit C |title=Cloning of the genes encoding two murine and human cochlear unconventional type I myosins |journal=Genomics. |year=1997 |month=Mar |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=332-41 |pmid=9119401 }}</ref>
 
==[[Nuclear matrix]]==
 
Still others such as the [[nuclear matrix]]<ref name=Nickerson>{{cite journal |author=Nickerson J |title=Experimental observations of a nuclear matrix |journal=J. Cell. Sci. |volume=114 |issue=Pt 3 |pages=463–74 |year=2001 |month=February |pmid=11171316 |url=http://jcs.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/114/3/463}}</ref><ref name=Tetko>{{cite journal |author=Tetko IV, Haberer G, Rudd S, Meyers B, Mewes HW, Mayer KF |title=Spatiotemporal expression control correlates with intragenic scaffold matrix attachment regions (S/MARs) in Arabidopsis thaliana |journal=PLoS Comput. Biol. |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=e21 |year=2006 |month=March |pmid=16604187 |pmc=1420657 |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020021 }}</ref> are found throughout the inside of the nucleus.


Of the structures local to the [[nucleoplasm]], some serve to confine it such as the inner membrane of the [[nuclear envelope]]. While others are completely suspended within it, for example, the [[nucleolus]]. Still others such as the [[nuclear matrix]]<ref name=Nickerson>{{cite journal |author=Nickerson J |title=Experimental observations of a nuclear matrix |journal=J. Cell. Sci. |volume=114 |issue=Pt 3 |pages=463–74 |year=2001 |month=February |pmid=11171316 |url=http://jcs.biologists.org/cgi/content/abstract/114/3/463}}</ref><ref name=Tetko>{{cite journal |author=Tetko IV, Haberer G, Rudd S, Meyers B, Mewes HW, Mayer KF |title=Spatiotemporal expression control correlates with intragenic scaffold matrix attachment regions (S/MARs) in Arabidopsis thaliana |journal=PLoS Comput. Biol. |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=e21 |year=2006 |month=March |pmid=16604187 |pmc=1420657 |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020021 }}</ref> and [[nuclear lamina]] are found throughout the inside of the nucleus.
==Nucleoplasmic veil==


Lamins within the nucleoplasm form another regular structure the nucleoplasmic veil<ref name=Goldman>{{cite journal | author = Goldman R, Gruenbaum Y, Moir R, Shumaker D, Spann T | title = Nuclear lamins: building blocks of nuclear architecture  | doi = 10.1101/gad.960502 | url=http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/content/full/16/5/533 | journal = Genes Dev | volume = 16 | issue = 5 | pages = 533–547 | year = 2002 | pmid = 11877373}}</ref>. The veil is excluded from the [[nucleolus]] and is present during [[interphase]].<ref name="Moir">{{cite  journal | author = Moir RD, Yoona M, Khuona S, Goldman RD. | title = Nuclear Lamins A and B1: Different Pathways of Assembly during Nuclear Envelope Formation in Living Cells | journal = Journal of Cell Biology | year = 2000 | volume = 151 | issue = 6 | pages =  1155–1168 | pmid = 11121432 | doi = 10.1083/jcb.151.6.1155  }}</ref> The lamin structures that make up the veil bind [[chromatin]] and disrupting their structure inhibits transcription of protein-coding genes.<ref name=Spann>{{cite  journal  | author= Spann TP, Goldman AE, Wang C, Huang S, Goldman RD | journal = J of Cell Biol. | title = Alteration of nuclear lamin organization inhibits RNA polymerase II–dependent transcription | year = 2002 | volume = 156 | issue = 4 | pages = 603–608 | pmid = 11854306 | doi = 10.1083/jcb.200112047  }}</ref> Changes also occur in the lamina mesh size.<ref name=Shimi/>
Lamins within the nucleoplasm form another regular structure the nucleoplasmic veil<ref name=Goldman>{{cite journal | author = Goldman R, Gruenbaum Y, Moir R, Shumaker D, Spann T | title = Nuclear lamins: building blocks of nuclear architecture  | doi = 10.1101/gad.960502 | url=http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/content/full/16/5/533 | journal = Genes Dev | volume = 16 | issue = 5 | pages = 533–547 | year = 2002 | pmid = 11877373}}</ref>. The veil is excluded from the [[nucleolus]] and is present during [[interphase]].<ref name="Moir">{{cite  journal | author = Moir RD, Yoona M, Khuona S, Goldman RD. | title = Nuclear Lamins A and B1: Different Pathways of Assembly during Nuclear Envelope Formation in Living Cells | journal = Journal of Cell Biology | year = 2000 | volume = 151 | issue = 6 | pages =  1155–1168 | pmid = 11121432 | doi = 10.1083/jcb.151.6.1155  }}</ref> The lamin structures that make up the veil bind [[chromatin]] and disrupting their structure inhibits transcription of protein-coding genes.<ref name=Spann>{{cite  journal  | author= Spann TP, Goldman AE, Wang C, Huang S, Goldman RD | journal = J of Cell Biol. | title = Alteration of nuclear lamin organization inhibits RNA polymerase II–dependent transcription | year = 2002 | volume = 156 | issue = 4 | pages = 603–608 | pmid = 11854306 | doi = 10.1083/jcb.200112047  }}</ref> Changes also occur in the lamina mesh size.<ref name=Shimi/>


In addition to forming a fibrous nucleoskeleton of intermediate-sized filaments that underlies the inner nuclear membrane, with the nuclear pore complexes embedded in it, the lamins can form intranuclear structures.<ref name=Broers>{{ cite journal |author=Broers JL, Hutchison CJ, Ramaekers FC |title=Laminopathies | journal=J Pathol. |volume=204 |issue=4 |pages=478-88 |month=Nov |year=2004 |pmid=15495262 }}</ref>
==Intranuclear structures==
 
In addition to forming the nuclear lamina, the lamins can form intranuclear structures.<ref name=Broers/>
 
==Microtubular structures==
 
Dynactin 1 (Dctn1) 150 kDa, the largest subunit of dynactin, which binds microtubules and is involved in chromosome movement, interacts with dynein.<ref name=DCTN1>{{ cite web |title=Entrez Gene: DCTN1 dynactin 1 (p150, glued homolog, Drosophila) |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1639&ordinalpos=45&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Gene.Gene_ResultsPanel.Gene_RVDocSum }}</ref> And, it has a NLS, is microtubule plus-end binding<ref name=DAP-150>{{ cite web |title=Nuclear Protein Database dynactin 1 |url=https://npd.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/search.php?action=builddetails&geneid=1NP00680 }}</ref>, has a second isoform of 135 kDa<ref name=IPI00029485>{{ cite web |title=Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00029485 - DCTN1, ISOFORM P150 OF DYNACTIN SUBUNIT 1 |url=http://apropos.mcw.edu/ipi_records/show/202889 }}</ref>, and binds to Arp1.<ref name=DCTN1-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database DCTN1 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref> Dynactin 2 (dynamitin) 50 kDa, 4-5 copies per dynactin molecule, is intracellular to the nucleus. Dynactin 3 22 kDa is a part of the dynactin complex, binding directly to Dctn1, and is intracellular to the nucleus<ref name=DCTN3-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database DCTN3 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref>. Dynactin 4 (Dctn4) 52 kDa is intracellular to the nucleus and a member of the pointed-end complex which contains Dctn4-6 and ACTR10.<ref name=DCTN4-G>{{ cite web |title=GENATLAS : GENE Database DCTN4 |url=http://genatlas.medecine.univ-paris5.fr/ }}</ref> Dynactin 5 20 kDa and dynactin 6 21 kDa can easily localize to the nucleus.
 
The most common members of the tubulin family are α-tubulin ~55 kDa and β-tubulin ~55 kDa, both of which make up microtubules. Microtubules are assembled from heterodimers of one α- and one β-tubulin. β-tubulin has GTPase activity; i.e.,  hydrolyzes GTP to GDP whereas α-tubulin does not. [[Katanin]] is a heteromeric [[microtubule]]-severing protein. It contains a 60 kDa [[ATPase]] [[subunit]], which functions to sever microtubules. The second 80 kDa subunit regulates the activity of the ATPase and localizes the protein to the [[centrosomes]].<ref name=McNally>{{ cite journal |author=McNally FJ, Vale RD |title=Identification of katanin, an ATPase that severs and disassembles stable microtubules |journal=Cell. |year=1993 |month=Nov |volume=75 |issue=3 |pages=419-29 |pmid=8221885 }}</ref> Katanin forms 14–16 nm rings in its active [[oligomer|oligomerized]] state on the walls of microtubules.<ref name=Hartman>{{ cite journal |author=Hartman JJ, Mahr J, McNally K, Okawa K, Iwamatsu A, Thomas S, Cheesman S, Heuser J, Vale RD, McNally FJ |title=Katanin, a microtubule-severing protein, is a novel AAA ATPase that targets to the centrosome using a WD40-containing subunit |journal=Cell. |year=1998 |month=Apr |volume=93 |issue=2 |pages=277-87 |pmid=9568719 }}</ref> Even though katanin is brought into the nucleus, it does not act only in mitosis or meiosis. Katanin-mediated severing may serve to maintain organization by promoting microtubule disassembly, regulating their length for efficient movement, and releasing microtubules from the centrosome.<ref name=Ahmad>{{ cite journal |author=Ahmad FJ, Yu W, McNally FJ, Baas PW |title=An essential role for katanin in severing microtubules in the neuron |journal=J Cell Biol. |year=1999 |month=Apr |volume=145 |issue=2 |pages=305-15 }pmid=10209026 }}</ref>
 
==Nucleolar skeleton==
 
Nucleolar skeletons are observable with light and electron microscopy and are characterized by ravels of filaments that are especially densely packed in the nucleolar cortex.<ref name=Franke>{{cite journal |author=Franke WW, Kleinschmidt JA, Spring H, Krohne G, Grund C, Trendelenburg MF, Stoehr M, Scheer U |title=A nucleolar skeleton of protein filaments demonstrated in amplified nucleoli of Xenopus laevis |month=Aug |journal=J Cell Biol. |year=1981 |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=289-99 |pmid=2111883 }}</ref>
 
DNA as well as RNA are not constituents of this structure.
 
This insoluble protein filament complex may form a skeleton specific to the nucleolus proper that is different from other extraction-resistant components of the nucleus such as the matrix and lamina and is involved in the spatial organization of the nucleolar chromatin and its transcriptional products.<ref name=Franke/> It is a framework of nucleolar filaments. The nucleolar skeletons are roughly spheroidal like the nucleolus itself and constitute the nucleolar cortex. The interior is formed by relatively loosely packed tangles of filaments ~4 nm thick arranged in higher-order coils of 30-40 nm dia. In the periphery are aggregates of various sizes representing local ravels of filament packing, with many filament continuities to internal filament elements.<ref name=Franke/>
 
The skeleton contains considerable amounts of nuclear actin. The fibrillar meshworks indistinguishable from the nucleolar skeleton structure are also observable in anucleolate mutants, forming so-called “pseudo-nucleoli” suggesting that such skeletal proteins can assemble into spheroidal meshwork structures independent of the presence of nucleolar chromatin.<ref name=Franke/>
 
==Acknowledgements==
 
The content on this page was first contributed by: Henry A. Hoff.
 
Initial content for this page in some instances came from [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia].
 
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==See also==
*[[Intermediate filaments]]
*[[Microfilaments]]
*[[Microtubules]]
*[[Nucleosol]]
*[[Nucleohyaloplasm]]
*[[Nucleoplasm]]
*[[Nuclear envelope]]
*[[Nucleolus]]
*[[Nuclear lamina]]
*[[Nuclear pore complex]]
*[[Cytoskeleton]]


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The nucleoskeleton (NSK) provides a framework for DNA replication, transcription, chromatin remodeling, signaling, and mRNA synthesis, processing and transport.

Introduction

Of the structures local to the nucleoplasm, some serve to confine it such as the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope. While others are completely suspended within it, for example, the nucleolus.

Other structural elements include the nuclear lamina, core filaments, diffuse skeleton, nuclear bodies, the intranucleolar skeleton and fibrillar centers.

Nuclear envelope membrane skeleton

Emerin 18 kDa (no NLS) mediates inner nuclear membrane anchorage to the nuclear lamina, regulates the flux of beta-catenin into the nucleus, and interacts with nuclear actin.[1][2][3]

Nesprin is a protein that is found in the outer nuclear membrane. It attaches to the actin filaments of the cytoskeleton and to emerin which is found in the inner nuclear membrane. Nesprin-1 is an isoform of enaptin which associates with the F-actin cytoskeleton and the nuclear membrane.[4] Nesprin-2, like nesprin-1, is associated with actin-binding and nuclear envelope associated proteins.[5] Nesprin-2 is an important scaffold protein implicated in the maintenance of nuclear envelope architecture.

Nesprins have KASH [an acronym for Klarsicht, Anc-1, Syne Homology] domains which are conserved C-terminal protein regions of less than ~30 amino acids. KASH domains always follow a transmembrane domain and SUN [Sad1 and UNc (uncoordinated)-84 homology] domain proteins. In mammals, three KASH-domain proteins are represented, termed nesprin-1, -2 and -3. The C-terminal of the KASH domain contains a single transmembrane segment, followed by an evolutionarily conserved sequence (9–32 amino acids), located in the PNS (perinuclear space).[6] The KASH domain is necessary and sufficient for nuclear envelope (NE) targeting.

Most proteins containing KASH domains may be involved in the positioning of the nucleus in the cell. These domains may interact with proteins containing SUN domains in the space between the outer and inner nuclear membranes to bridge the nuclear envelope and transfer force from the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton. Although KASH proteins probably localize to the outer nuclear membrane, some KASH protein isoforms may localize to the inner nuclear membrane.[7]

Like proteins containing KASH domains most proteins containing SUN domains may be involved in the positioning of the nucleus in the cell. SUN domains may interact directly with KASH domains in the space between the outer and inner nuclear membranes to bridge the nuclear envelope and transfer force from the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton. SUN proteins may preferentially localize to the inner nuclear membrane[8].

Nuclear lamina

The nuclear lamina is a dense, ~ 30 to 100 nanometers thick, fibrillar network composed of intermediate filaments made of lamin that lines the inner surface of the nuclear envelope in animal cells.

The nuclear pore complexes are embedded in the nuclear lamina.[9]

Nuclear pore complex

The nuclear pore complex restricts the size of particles including molecules that can get into the nucleoplasm to be incorporated into the nucleoskeleton. Larger proteins require a nuclear localization signal (NLS). The pores are 100 nm in total diameter, with an opening diameter of about 50 nm; however, the gap through which molecules freely diffuse is only about 9-10 nm wide,[10] due to the presence of regulatory systems within the center of the pore. The 10 nm diameter corresponds to an upper mass limit of 70 kDa.[11]

Due to the size limitation of the nuclear pore, these polypeptides would range from 9 kDa to <70 kDa and not need or have a NLS.

The lamins of mammalian nuclei are polypeptides of 60-80 kDa: A (70 kDa), B (68 kDa), and C (60 kDa).[12] A- and B-type lamins, which form separate, but interacting, stable meshworks in the lamina, have different mobilities.[13] All of the lamins have a NLS.[14]

Actin nucleoskeleton

Actins are highly conserved proteins that can form a tetramer. Further polymerization produces microfilaments such as those of the cytoskeleton.

Nuclear actins

Alpha actin: ACTA1 42 kDa is myosin binding and forms actin microfilaments, ACTA2 42 kDa is at least intracellular. As a part of nuclear actin, beta-actin (ACTB) has a 42 kDa mass as a monomer (no NLS), is a component of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes, and rapidly shuttles between the nucleosol and cytosol.[15] Gamma actin: ACTC1 42 kDa is intracellular, incorporated into actin microfilaments, is dissolved in the cytosol.

Nuclear actin-related proteins (ARPs)

The actin-related proteins (Arps) are also components of these chromatin remodeling complexes.[15] ACTR1A 42.6 kDa is a subunit of dynactin, as is ACTR1B 42.3 kDa. Both subunits are Arp1 (centractin). Arp2 45 kDa[16] is a major constituent of the Arp2/3 complex.[17] Arp3 47 kDa[18] is a major constituent of the Arp2/3 complex[19] which binds actin and may initiate nucleus assembly of actin.[20] Arp5 68 kDa[21] has no NLS but is involved in ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling.[22] Arp6 20 kDa and 36 kDa forms[23] has nuclear localization[24]. Arp8 58 kDa[25], 37 kDa and 70 kDa[26] chromosome associates[27] with involvement in chromatin remodelling (has NLS).[28] Arp10 46 kDa[29]. ArpM1 41 kDa[30]. The Arp2/3 complex may be involved in the control of actin polymerization. ARPC1A 41 kDa is a subunit of the Arp2/3 complex along with ARPC1B 41 kDa, ARPC2 34 kDa, ARPC3 21 kDa, ARPC3B 21 kDa, ARPC4 20 kDa, ARPC5 16 kDa, and ARPC5L 17 kDa[31].

Nuclear actin-like proteins (ACTLs)

Actin-like 6B (ACTL6B) is an Arp, a subunit of the BAF complex, which is functionally related to SWI/SNF complex, 47 kDa[32], and has intracellular nucleus localization[33]. As with ACTL6B, ACTL6A 53 kDa and 43 kDa (two different isoforms) binds chromatin, localizes to the nucleus, is involved in chromatin remodeling, and transcription.[34] It is a structural constituent of the nucleoskeleton.[35] ACTRT1 42 kDa[36]. ACTRT2 42 kDa[37].

Nuclear actin binding proteins (ABPs)

Supervillin (SVIL) has NLSs contained in its amino-terminus. The carboxy-terminus contains numerous consecutive sequences with extensive similarity to proteins in the gelsolin family of actin-binding proteins, which cap, nucleate, and/or sever actin filaments. SVIL is tightly associated with both actin filaments and plasma membranes,[38] suggesting a role as a high-affinity link between the actin cytoskeleton and the membrane. Its function may include recruitment of actin and other cytoskeletal proteins into specialized structures at the plasma membrane and in the nuclei of growing cells.[39]

SVIL is known to localize to chromosomes.[40] It also bundles F-actin.[41] And, binds myosin II which is not in the nucleus.[42]

One motor protein that localizes intracellularly to the nucleus is myosin 1F (MYO1F) 125 kDa.[43] It does not have a NLS. Its N terminal motor domain uses ATP and has actin binding sites.[43] The tail of MYO1F includes (1) a TH-1 region which may interact with membrane phospholipids, (2) a TH-2 proline-rich region which may contain an ATP-insensitive actin-binding site, and (3) a SH-3 domain found in a variety of cytoskeletal and signaling proteins.[44]

Nuclear matrix

Still others such as the nuclear matrix[45][46] are found throughout the inside of the nucleus.

Nucleoplasmic veil

Lamins within the nucleoplasm form another regular structure the nucleoplasmic veil[47]. The veil is excluded from the nucleolus and is present during interphase.[48] The lamin structures that make up the veil bind chromatin and disrupting their structure inhibits transcription of protein-coding genes.[49] Changes also occur in the lamina mesh size.[13]

Intranuclear structures

In addition to forming the nuclear lamina, the lamins can form intranuclear structures.[9]

Microtubular structures

Dynactin 1 (Dctn1) 150 kDa, the largest subunit of dynactin, which binds microtubules and is involved in chromosome movement, interacts with dynein.[50] And, it has a NLS, is microtubule plus-end binding[51], has a second isoform of 135 kDa[52], and binds to Arp1.[53] Dynactin 2 (dynamitin) 50 kDa, 4-5 copies per dynactin molecule, is intracellular to the nucleus. Dynactin 3 22 kDa is a part of the dynactin complex, binding directly to Dctn1, and is intracellular to the nucleus[54]. Dynactin 4 (Dctn4) 52 kDa is intracellular to the nucleus and a member of the pointed-end complex which contains Dctn4-6 and ACTR10.[55] Dynactin 5 20 kDa and dynactin 6 21 kDa can easily localize to the nucleus.

The most common members of the tubulin family are α-tubulin ~55 kDa and β-tubulin ~55 kDa, both of which make up microtubules. Microtubules are assembled from heterodimers of one α- and one β-tubulin. β-tubulin has GTPase activity; i.e., hydrolyzes GTP to GDP whereas α-tubulin does not. Katanin is a heteromeric microtubule-severing protein. It contains a 60 kDa ATPase subunit, which functions to sever microtubules. The second 80 kDa subunit regulates the activity of the ATPase and localizes the protein to the centrosomes.[56] Katanin forms 14–16 nm rings in its active oligomerized state on the walls of microtubules.[57] Even though katanin is brought into the nucleus, it does not act only in mitosis or meiosis. Katanin-mediated severing may serve to maintain organization by promoting microtubule disassembly, regulating their length for efficient movement, and releasing microtubules from the centrosome.[58]

Nucleolar skeleton

Nucleolar skeletons are observable with light and electron microscopy and are characterized by ravels of filaments that are especially densely packed in the nucleolar cortex.[59]

DNA as well as RNA are not constituents of this structure.

This insoluble protein filament complex may form a skeleton specific to the nucleolus proper that is different from other extraction-resistant components of the nucleus such as the matrix and lamina and is involved in the spatial organization of the nucleolar chromatin and its transcriptional products.[59] It is a framework of nucleolar filaments. The nucleolar skeletons are roughly spheroidal like the nucleolus itself and constitute the nucleolar cortex. The interior is formed by relatively loosely packed tangles of filaments ~4 nm thick arranged in higher-order coils of 30-40 nm dia. In the periphery are aggregates of various sizes representing local ravels of filament packing, with many filament continuities to internal filament elements.[59]

The skeleton contains considerable amounts of nuclear actin. The fibrillar meshworks indistinguishable from the nucleolar skeleton structure are also observable in anucleolate mutants, forming so-called “pseudo-nucleoli” suggesting that such skeletal proteins can assemble into spheroidal meshwork structures independent of the presence of nucleolar chromatin.[59]

Acknowledgements

The content on this page was first contributed by: Henry A. Hoff.

Initial content for this page in some instances came from Wikipedia.

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  1. ↑ "Entrez Gene: EMD emerin".
  2. ↑ "GENATLAS: GENE Database EMD".
  3. ↑ "Apropos IpiRecord: IPI00032003".
  4. ↑ Padmakumar VC, Abraham S, Braune S; et al. (2004). "Enaptin, a giant actin-binding protein, is an element of the nuclear membrane and the actin cytoskeleton". Exp Cell Res. 295 (2): 330–9. PMID 15093733.
  5. ↑ Lüke Y, Zaim H, Karakesisoglou I, Jaeger VM; et al. (2008). "Nesprin-2 Giant (NUANCE) maintains nuclear envelope architecture and composition in skin". J. Cell Sci. 121 (11): 1887–98. PMID 18477613.
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