Summary for IκBε (NES ID: 51)

Full Name
NF-κ-B inhibitor ε (NF-κ-BIE)     UniProt    
Alternative Names
None
Organism
Homo sapiens (Human)    
Experimental Evidence for CRM1-mediated Export
Mutations That Affect Nuclear Export
Mutations That Affect CRM1 Binding
Functional Export Signals
Undetermined
Secondary Structure of Export Signal
Unknown
Other Residues Important for Export
Unknown
Sequence
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10 20 30 40 50 60
MNQRRSESRP GNHRLQAYAE PGKGDSGGAG PLSGSARRGR GGGGAIRVRR PCWSGGAGRG
70 80 90 100 110 120
GGPAWAVRLP TVTAGWTWPA LRTLSSLRAG PSEPHSPGRR PPRAGRPLCQ ADPQPGKAAR
130 140 150 160 170 180
RSLEPDPAQT GPRPARAAGM SEARKGPDEA EESQYDSGIE SLRSLRSLPE STSAPASGPS
190 200 210 220 230 240
DGSPQPCTHP PGPVKEPQEK EDADGERADS TYGSSSLTYT LSLLGGPEAE DPAPRLPLPH
250 260 270 280 290 300
VGALSPQQLE ALTYISEDGD TLVHLAVIHE APAVLLCCLA LLPQEVLDIQ NNLYQTALHL
310 320 330 340 350 360
AVHLDQPGAV RALVLKGASR ALQDRHGDTA LHVACQRQHL ACARCLLEGR PEPGRGTSHS
370 380 390 400 410 420
LDLQLQNWQG LACLHIATLQ KNQPLMELLL RNGADIDVQE GTSGKTALHL AVETQERGLV
430 440 450 460 470 480
QFLLQAGAQV DARMLNGCTP LHLAAGRGLM GISSTLCKAG ADSLLRNVED ETPQDLTEES
490 500
LVLLPFDDLK ISGKLLLCTD
3D Structures in PDB
Not Available
Comments
There are three major regulatory proteins in the IκB (inhibitor of NFκB) family:IκBα, IκBβ, and IκBε. all sharing a common domain structure. Lee et al. investigated the cellular distribution of IκBε. They found that IκBε is a cytoplasmic protein. However, in the presence of reticuloctye lysate and an energy regenerating system, nuclear accumulation of IκBε can be observed. The nuclear import of IκBε is less efficient than IκBα. Like IκBα, the import is not dependent on GTP hydrolysis. Treating the cell with LMB enhances the nuclear accumulation. Removal of the last 21 aa caused nuclear accumulation. They also showed that IκBε binds to CRM1 in vitro, and only in the presence of RanGTP. Mutating L489 and I491 to alanines will abolish the in vitro binding. The same double mutation resulted in a whole cell distribution of IκBε. They postulated that IκBε functions in the nucleus to direct the export of NF-κB/Rel proteins back to the cytoplasm. Note that the sequence given in the paper is 139 shorter than the sequence in SwissProt.
References
[1]. "Characterization of the nuclear import and export functions of IκBε"
Lee, S.H., Hannink, M. (2002) J Biol Chem, 277:23358-23366 PubMed
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