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

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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 ...

Nuclear extracts of cells expressing Trnp1, FLAGTrnp1, delta1-16Trnp1 or FLAGdelta1-16Trnp1 were obtained by re-suspended cells for 30 min on ice in Tween20 lysis buffer (25 mM HEPES pH 8, 20 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA, 1 mM PMSF, 0.5% Tween20, 1X protease inhibitors, cOmplete, Roche), pelleted nuclei by centrifugation, discarding the cytoplasmic fraction (supernatant) and lysing nuclei by sonication with lysis buffer containing 500 mM NaCl. DNAseI (250U; SIGMA) was added to the nuclear pellet and incubated ...