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- The study focused on the protein Surf-6, revealing that it is associated with RNA in interphase nucleoli and shows up in mitosis after key RNA-binding proteins.
- It suggests Surf-6 is involved in the final stages of ribosome assembly in mouse cells, indicating its role in cell proliferation.
- The research indicates that Surf-6 levels decrease when cells enter the G0 phase and increase when they are activated for proliferation, marking it as a potential indicator of the cell cycle status.
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The localization of the specific protein Surf-6 from nucleoli of eukaryotic cells in mitosis and its sensitivity to the treatment of cells with RNase A and DNase I in situ were studied. It was shown that, in interphase nucleoli of 3T3 mouse cells, Surf-6 is probably associated with RNA and practically is not associated with DNA. In mitosis, Surf-6 appears in forming nucleoli after the known RNA-binding proteins fibrillarin and B23/nucleofozmin, which are involved in the early and late stages of the assembly of ribosomal particles, respectively. These observations and the regularities of migration of early and late proteins of ribosome assembly to nucleoli in the telophase of mitosis led us to the presumption that Surf-6 is involved in the terminal stages of the assembly of ribosomal particles in murine cells. An immunoblot analysis of the Surf-6 content in synchronized 3T3 cells showed for the first time that Surf-6 is present at all stages of the cell cycle but its content markedly decreases when cells enter the G0 period. Conversely, the activation of cells for proliferation is accompanied by an increase in the Surf-6 content. These observations allow one to regard Surf-6 as a marker of the cell proliferative state and suggest its implication in the regulation of the cell cycle. The English version of the paper: Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2005, vol. 31, no. 6; see also http://www.maik.ru.
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