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9002 HEROLD ET AL. MOL. CELL. BIOL.<br />

FIG. 4. Characterization <strong>of</strong> the N-term<strong>in</strong>al doma<strong>in</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>NXF</strong>2 <strong>and</strong> <strong>NXF</strong>3. (A) GST pull-down assays were performed with [ 35 S]methion<strong>in</strong>e-labeled TAP, <strong>NXF</strong>2,<br />

<strong>NXF</strong>3, <strong>and</strong> the recomb<strong>in</strong>ant <strong>prote<strong>in</strong>s</strong> <strong>in</strong>dicated above the lanes. Lanes 2, background obta<strong>in</strong>ed with glutathione agarose beads coated with GST; lanes 3, <strong>prote<strong>in</strong>s</strong><br />

selected on immobilized GST-E1B-AP5 (fragment 101–453); lanes 4 to 6, b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g to GST-REF1-II or fragments <strong>of</strong> this prote<strong>in</strong> as <strong>in</strong>dicated. In all panels, 1/10 <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>in</strong>puts (lanes 1) <strong>and</strong> 1/3 <strong>of</strong> the bound fractions (lanes 2 to 6) were analyzed on SDS-PAGE followed by fluorography. Supernatant fractions were analyzed <strong>in</strong> parallel<br />

<strong>in</strong> order to confirm that the absence <strong>of</strong> b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g was not due to prote<strong>in</strong> degradation (data not shown). (B <strong>and</strong> C) Gel mobility retardation assays were performed us<strong>in</strong>g<br />

a radiolabeled RNA probe derived from pBS polyl<strong>in</strong>ker <strong>and</strong> purified recomb<strong>in</strong>ant <strong>prote<strong>in</strong>s</strong> fused to GST. (B) TAP or <strong>NXF</strong>2 N-term<strong>in</strong>al fragments (50 ng) were used;<br />

(C), 1.5 g <strong>of</strong> the correspond<strong>in</strong>g RNA b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g doma<strong>in</strong>s were used. Unlabeled competitor tRNA was added as <strong>in</strong>dicated above the lanes. <strong>The</strong> position <strong>of</strong> the free RNA<br />

probe is <strong>in</strong>dicated. <strong>The</strong> asterisk <strong>in</strong>dicates the positions <strong>of</strong> the RNA-prote<strong>in</strong> complexes. (D) A gel mobility retardation assay was performed with reticulocyte lysates<br />

unprogrammed (R) or programmed with cDNAs encod<strong>in</strong>g TAP, <strong>NXF</strong>2, or <strong>NXF</strong>3. In lane 4, unlabeled M36 competitor RNA was added, while <strong>in</strong> lanes 5 <strong>and</strong> 6, CTE<br />

competitor RNA was <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the reaction mixtures. <strong>The</strong> amounts <strong>of</strong> the competitor RNAs are <strong>in</strong>dicated above the lanes. <strong>The</strong> position <strong>of</strong> the free RNA probe is<br />

<strong>in</strong>dicated on the left. (E) Schematic representation <strong>of</strong> pDM138 <strong>and</strong> pDM138-CTE vectors (14). (F) Quail cells were transfected with plasmids pDM138 or<br />

pDM138-CTE along with various plasmids encod<strong>in</strong>g either GFP alone or fused to the N term<strong>in</strong>i <strong>of</strong> TAP, <strong>NXF</strong>2, <strong>NXF</strong>3, or the TAP mutants <strong>in</strong>dicated on the left.<br />

TAPNPC has a deletion <strong>of</strong> residues 541 to 613. <strong>The</strong> cells were collected 40 h after transfection, <strong>and</strong> CAT activity was determ<strong>in</strong>ed. Data from three separate<br />

experiments were expressed relative to the activities measured when GFP alone was coexpressed with pDM138 with or without CTE. <strong>The</strong> data are means st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

deviations.

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