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9.A.50.1.1
The tRNA nuclear export machinery, t-Exporter. Includes UTP8, a tRNA-binding protein, Los1 and Msn5/ two tRNA export receptors (Strub et al., 2007).  Phosphate-dependent nuclear export via a non-classical NES class recognized by exportin Msn5 has been reported (Fung et al. 2025).

Accession Number:P33418
Protein Name:Los1
Length:1100
Molecular Weight:126820.00
Species:Saccharomyces cerevisiae [4932]
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Nucleus1
Substrate protein, transfer RNA

Cross database links:

DIP: DIP-760N
RefSeq: NP_012717.1   
Entrez Gene ID: 853630   
Pfam: PF08389   
KEGG: sce:YKL205W   

Gene Ontology

GO:0005739 C:mitochondrion
GO:0016363 C:nuclear matrix
GO:0008536 F:Ran GTPase binding
GO:0000049 F:tRNA binding
GO:0071528 P:tRNA re-export from nucleus
GO:0006388 P:tRNA splicing, via endonucleolytic cleavage...

References (20)

[1] “The Saccharomyces cerevisiae LOS1 gene involved in pre-tRNA splicing encodes a nuclear protein that behaves as a component of the nuclear matrix.”  Shen W.-C.et.al.   8366091
[2] “Complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome XI.”  Dujon B.et.al.   8196765
[3] “Processing of intervening sequences: a new yeast mutant which fails to excise intervening sequences from precursor tRNAs.”  Hopper A.K.et.al.   7363329
[4] “Cloning and characterization of LOS1, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene that affects tRNA splicing.”  Hurt D.J.et.al.   3031485
[5] “Nuclear pore proteins are involved in the biogenesis of functional tRNA.”  Simos G.et.al.   8641292
[6] “Los1p, involved in yeast pre-tRNA splicing, positively regulates members of the SOL gene family.”  Shen W.-C.et.al.   8725220
[7] “tRNA nuclear export in saccharomyces cerevisiae: in situ hybridization analysis.”  Sarkar S.et.al.   9802895
[8] “Yeast Los1p has properties of an exportin-like nucleocytoplasmic transport factor for tRNA.”  Hellmuth K.et.al.   9774653
[9] “A novel in vivo assay reveals inhibition of ribosomal nuclear export in ran-cycle and nucleoporin mutants.”  Hurt E.C.et.al.   9971735
[10] “Nucleotides of the tRNA D-stem that play an important role in nuclear-tRNA export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”  Cleary J.D.et.al.   10727409
[11] “An aminoacylation-dependent nuclear tRNA export pathway in yeast.”  Grosshans H.et.al.   10766739
[12] “Defects in tRNA processing and nuclear export induce GCN4 translation independently of phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2.”  Qiu H.et.al.   10713174
[13] “Global analysis of protein expression in yeast.”  Ghaemmaghami S.et.al.   14562106
[14] “The nuclear tRNA aminoacylation-dependent pathway may be the principal route used to export tRNA from the nucleus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”  Steiner-Mosonyi M.et.al.   14640976
[15] “Retrograde movement of tRNAs from the cytoplasm to the nucleus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”  Shaheen H.H.et.al.   16040803
[16] “tRNA actively shuttles between the nucleus and cytosol in yeast.”  Takano A.et.al.   15905365
[17] “The localization of nuclear exporters of the importin-beta family is regulated by Snf1 kinase, nutrient supply and stress.”  Quan X.et.al.   17544521
[18] “Impaired tRNA nuclear export links DNA damage and cell-cycle checkpoint.”  Ghavidel A.et.al.   18045534
[19] “Cex1p is a novel cytoplasmic component of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nuclear tRNA export machinery.”  McGuire A.T.et.al.   17203074
[20] “Utp8p is a nucleolar tRNA-binding protein that forms a complex with components of the nuclear tRNA export machinery in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”  Strub B.R.et.al.   17634288

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MLERIQQLVN AVNDPRSDVA TKRQAIELLN GIKSSENALE IFISLVINEN SNDLLKFYGL 
61:	STLIELMTEG VNANPNGLNL VKFEITKWLK FQVLGNKQTK LPDFLMNKIS EVLTTLFMLM 
121:	YSDCNGNQWN SFFDDLMSLF QVDSAISNTS PSTDGNILLG LEFFNKLCLM INSEIADQSF 
181:	IRSKESQLKN NNIKDWMRDN DIMKLSNVWF QCLKLDEQIV SQCPGLINST LDCIGSFISW 
241:	IDINLIIDAN NYYLQLIYKF LNLKETKISC YNCILAIISK KMKPMDKLAF LNMINLTNEL 
301:	TYYHQAISMN PQIITFDNLE VWESLTKLIT SFGIEFTIII EQVNDDQKLD TLYKQSVISN 
361:	VDSILLEKII PILLEFMNNE FDSITAKTFP FWSNYLAFLK KYKASSPNFV PLHKDFLDNF 
421:	QQICFKRMKF SDDEVTQDDF EEFNETVRFK LKNFQEIIVV IDPSLFLNNI SQEISANLMN 
481:	CKNESWQIFE LTIYQIFNLS ECTKNNYFGL NKNEIMTSQP SLTLVRFLNE LLMMKDFLLA 
541:	IDNEQIQILF MELIVKNYNF IFSTSANTAN ATDDDEKYLL ILNIFMSSFA MFNKRENVRL 
601:	RSWYLFTRFL KLTRINLKKI LFANKNLVNE ITNKISPLLH IKVTSINAQG TDDNDTIFDN 
661:	QLYIFEGIGF IITLNNSSQE LTAATANTPI DYDILDQILT PLFTQLEGCI TQGASPVVIL 
721:	ECHHILMAIG TLARGLHIGL VPENQVNNMV VNKKLINDSL IHKFSNIAEV ILVTFSFFNK 
781:	FENIRDASRF TFARLIPILS NKILPFINKL IELILSSTDL KSWEMIDFLG FLSQLIHMFH 
841:	TDTDCYQLFN QLLTPLINKV HSIIEEIDEQ HDQQSSSNKP IDTAVTATSV NKNIVVTDSY 
901:	RDKILLKKAY CTFLQSFTNN SVTSILLSDI NRAILPVILN DLVTYTPQEI QETSMMKVSL 
961:	NVLCNFIKCF GNGTCLDNDD INKDPNLKID GLNEYFIMKC VPIIFEIPFN PIYKFNIKEG 
1021:	NFKTMAYDLA RLLRELFIVS SNPTTNENEC VKYLTQIYLP QIQLPQELTI QLVNMLTTMG 
1081:	QKQFEKWFVD NFISVLKQGQ