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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 141, Number 5, June 1, 1998 1207-1215
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1, and
Isoforms during Both Interphase
and Mitosis in Mammalian Cells

* Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel (CEA-CNRS), 38027 Grenoble cedex 1, France; and Protein phosphatase-1 (PP-1) is involved in
the regulation of numerous metabolic processes in
mammalian cells. The major isoforms of PP-1,
Department of
Biomedicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
,
1,
and
, have nearly identical catalytic domains, but they
vary in sequence at their extreme NH2 and COOH termini. With specific antibodies raised against the unique
COOH-terminal sequence of each isoform, we find that
the three PP-1 isoforms are each expressed in all mammalian cells tested, but that they localize within these
cells in a strikingly distinct and characteristic manner.
Each isoform is present both within the cytoplasm and in the nucleus during interphase. Within the nucleus,
PP-1
associates with the nuclear matrix, PP-1
1 concentrates in nucleoli in association with RNA, and PP-1
localizes to nonnucleolar whole chromatin. During
mitosis, PP-1
is localized to the centrosome, PP-1
1 is associated with microtubules of the mitotic spindle,
and PP-1
strongly associates with chromosomes. We
conclude that PP-1 isoforms are targeted to strikingly
distinct and independent sites in the cell, permitting
unique and independent roles for each of the isoforms
in regulating discrete cellular processes.
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