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. 2009 Jul 16;4(7):e6255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006255

Figure 4. Interaction between Mia1p and Alp14p is affected by mutating the Mia1p NES.

Figure 4

(A) Alp14p-GFP does not localize to microtubules in mia1-MutNES4 and mia1Δ cells. Shown are single maximum intensity reconstructions of live cells expressing Alp14p-GFP and Pcp1-mCherry. (B) Mia1p-GFP and Alp14p-TagRFP are spatially separated in mia1-MutNES4 cells. (C) MBP-Mia1p-MutNES4 showed weaker interaction with Alp14p-myc in pull-down assays, as compared to MBP-Mia1p. Alp14p-myc yeast lysates were extracted from mia1Δ cells and detected with anti-myc antibody. MBP-tagged proteins were detected by Coomassie staining. (D) When released from the nucleus using pim1-1 mutation at 36°C, Mia1p-MutNES4 is capable of loading Alp14p-GFP on cytoplasmic microtubules. Localization of Alp14p-GFP in wild type septated cells at 24°C and 36°C is included as a control. Shown are single maximum intensity reconstructions of live cells. (E) Overexpression of Mia1p-MutNES4-mCherry partially restores nuclear accumulation and spindle localization of Alp14p-GFP during mitosis. Shown are single maximum intensity reconstructions of live cells. Scale bars = 5 µm.