Noun explanation of nuclear localization signal

Nuclear localization signal is another form of signal peptide, which can be located in any part of polypeptide sequence.

Generally, it contains 4 ~ 8 amino acids and has no specificity. Its function is to help nucleophilic proteins enter the nucleus. The difference between nuclear entry signal and peptide guide is that it is identified by water-containing nuclear pores; Nucleation signal is a permanent part of protein, which is not removed in the process of nuclear conduction and can be reused, which is beneficial to the re-entry of nuclear protein after cell division.

There are many kinds of nuclear localization signals, all of which have a positively charged peptide core. The protein of the first NLS sequence is the T antigen (MW=92kDa) of SV40, which is synthesized in the cytoplasm and rapidly accumulated in the nucleus, and is the necessary protein for viral DNA replication in the nucleus.

Its wild-type amino acid sequence is Pro-Lys-Lys-Arg-Lys-Val, and even the mutant NLS (Pro-Lys-Tyr-Lys-Arg-Lys-Val) produced by a single amino acid mutation can prevent this protein from entering the nucleus and staying in the cytoplasm. If this signal is connected to the side chain of random Lys of non-nuclear protein, non-nuclear protein can also be transformed into nuclear protein.

Amino acid introduction:

There are 20 kinds of known basic amino acids, including lysine, threonine, leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine, tryptophan and phenylalanine, which cannot be manufactured by human body. We call them essential amino acids, which need food to provide. In addition, the human body's ability to synthesize arginine and histidine is not enough to meet its own needs, and it needs to take some from food, which we call semi-essential amino acids. The other ten amino acids can be made by human body, which we call non-essential amino acids.

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