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Serine-arginine (SR) proteins are essential splicing factors that promote numerous steps associated with mRNA processing and whose biological function is tightly regulated through multi-site phosphorylation. In the nucleus, the cdc2-like kinases (CLKs) phosphorylate SR proteins on their intrinsically disordered Arg-Ser (RS) domains, mobilizing them from storage speckles to the splicing machinery. The CLKs have disordered N termini that bind tightly to RS domains, enhancing SR protein phosphorylation. The N termini also promote nuclear localization of CLKs, but their transport mechanism is presently unknown. To explore cytoplasmic-nuclear transitions, several classical nuclear localization sequences in the N terminus of the CLK1 isoform were identified, but their mutation had no effect on subcellular localization. Rather, we found that CLK1 amplifies its presence in the nucleus by forming a stable complex with the SR protein substrate and appropriating its NLS for transport. These findings indicate that, along with their well-established roles in mRNA splicing, SR proteins use disordered protein-protein interactions to carry their kinase regulator from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. © 2019 George et al.

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Athira George, Brandon E Aubol, Laurent Fattet, Joseph A Adams. Disordered protein interactions for an ordered cellular transition: Cdc2-like kinase 1 is transported to the nucleus via its Ser-Arg protein substrate. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2019 Jun 14;294(24):9631-9641

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