Trnp1 is a novel regulator of several nuclear membrane-less compartments

ABSTRACT: TMF1-regulated nuclear protein 1 (Trnp1) has been shown to exert potent roles in neural development affecting neural stem cell self-renewal and brain folding, but its molecular function in the nucleus is still unknown. Here we show that Trnp1 is a low complexity protein with the capacity to phase separate. Trnp1 interacts with factors located in several nuclear membrane-less organelles, the nucleolus, nuclear speckles and condensed chromatin. Importantly, Trnp1 co-regulates the architecture and function of these nuclear compartments in vitro and in the developing brain in vivo. Deletion of a highly conserved region in the N-terminal intrinsic disordered region abolishes the capacity of Trnp1 to regulate nucleolar size and dynamics, proliferation and M-phase length, decreases the capacity to phase separate and abrogates most of Trnp1 protein interactions. Thus, we identified Trnp1 as a novel regulator of several nuclear membrane-less compartments, a function important to maintain cells in a self-renewing proliferative state.

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ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (mouse)

TISSUE(S): Brain

SUBMITTER: Ignasi Forne  

LAB HEAD: Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz

PROVIDER: PXD018350 | Pride | 2020-08-25

REPOSITORIES: Pride