--- res: bibo_abstract: - Nucleocytoplasmic transport occurs exclusively through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) embedded in pores formed by inner and outer nuclear membrane fusion. The mechanism for de novo pore and NPC biogenesis remains unclear. Reticulons (RTNs) and Yop1/DP1 are conserved membrane protein families required to form and maintain the tubular endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the postmitotic nuclear envelope. In this study, we report that members of the RTN and Yop1/DP1 families are required for nuclear pore formation. Analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae prp20-G282S and nup133Δ NPC assembly mutants revealed perturbations in Rtn1–green fluorescent protein (GFP) and Yop1-GFP ER distribution and colocalization to NPC clusters. Combined deletion of RTN1 and YOP1 resulted in NPC clustering, nuclear import defects, and synthetic lethality with the additional absence of Pom34, Pom152, and Nup84 subcomplex members. We tested for a direct role in NPC biogenesis using Xenopus laevis in vitro assays and found that anti-Rtn4a antibodies specifically inhibited de novo nuclear pore formation. We hypothesize that these ER membrane–bending proteins mediate early NPC assembly steps.@eng bibo_authorlist: - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: T. Renee foaf_name: Dawson, T. Renee foaf_surname: Dawson - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Michelle D. foaf_name: Lazarus, Michelle D. foaf_surname: Lazarus - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Martin W foaf_name: HETZER, Martin W foaf_surname: HETZER foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=86c0d31b-b4eb-11ec-ac5a-eae7b2e135ed orcid: 0000-0002-2111-992X - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Susan R. foaf_name: Wente, Susan R. foaf_surname: Wente bibo_doi: 10.1083/jcb.200806174 bibo_issue: '5' bibo_volume: 184 dct_date: 2009^xs_gYear dct_isPartOf: - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0021-9525 - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1540-8140 dct_language: eng dct_publisher: Rockefeller University Press@ dct_subject: - Cell Biology dct_title: ER membrane–bending proteins are necessary for de novo nuclear pore formation@ fabio_hasPubmedId: '19273614' ...