Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: A SUMO-interacting motif in the guanine nucleotide exchange factor EPAC1 is required for subcellular targeting and function
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110279
Figure Lengend Snippet: The zinc finger domain of RanBP2/Nup358 is responsible for the NE localization of EPAC1. A , domain structures of the transfected Nup358 variants. B , subcellular localization of N-terminally 3×HA-tagged Nup358 variants ( red ), including Nup358 full-length (FL), NTD-ZFD, NTD-RanBD-1, NTD-OE, and EPAC1-mNG in AID::Nup358 HCT116 cells visualized by immunofluorescence confocal imaging after auxin-induced deletion of endogenous RanBP2. Bar = 20 μm. Line-scan plots show the quantified fluorescence intensities of EPAC1-mNG ( green ) and HA-tagged Nup358 variants ( red ) along the yellow lines crossing the nucleus, analyzed using ImageJ software. C , protein gel showing purified GST-Epac1 pulled down with RanBP2 ZFD using glutathione beads. AID, auxin-inducible degron; EPAC1, exchange protein directly activated by cAMP; NE, nuclear envelope; Nup358, nucleoporin 358; ZFD, zinc finger domain; mNG, mNeonGreen.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used in this study are anti-EPAC1 antibody 5D3 (Cell Signaling Technology, Catalog no. 4155, 1:3000 dilution), anti-RanBP2 antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Catalog no. sc-74518, 1:1000 dilution), anti-Rap1 antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Catalog no. sc-65, 1:1000 dilution), anti-Rap2 antibody (BD Biosciences, Catalog no. 610215, 1:2000 dilution), and anti-SUMO2/3 antibody (MBL Life Science, Catalog no. M114-3, 1:3000 dilution).
Techniques: Transfection, Immunofluorescence, Imaging, Fluorescence, Software, Purification