4yi0: Difference between revisions

==Structure of mouse importin a1 bound to Pom121NLS==

== Structural highlights ==

<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4yi0]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_rat Buffalo rat] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lk3_transgenic_mice Lk3 transgenic mice]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4YI0 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4YI0 FirstGlance]. <br>

== Function ==

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/IMA1_MOUSE IMA1_MOUSE]] Functions in nuclear protein import as an adapter protein for nuclear receptor KPNB1. Binds specifically and directly to substrates containing either a simple or bipartite NLS motif. Docking of the importin/substrate complex to the nuclear pore complex (NPC) is mediated by KPNB1 through binding to nucleoporin FxFG repeats and the complex is subsequently translocated through the pore by an energy requiring, Ran-dependent mechanism. At the nucleoplasmic side of the NPC, Ran binds to importin-beta and the three components separate and importin-alpha and -beta are re-exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where GTP hydrolysis releases Ran from importin. The directionality of nuclear import is thought to be conferred by an asymmetric distribution of the GTP- and GDP-bound forms of Ran between the cytoplasm and nucleus. [[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/PO121_RAT PO121_RAT]] Essential component of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). The repeat-containing domain may be involved in anchoring components of the pore complex to the pore membrane. When overexpressed in cells induces the formation of cytoplasmic annulate lamellae (AL).  

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[[Category: Buffalo rat]]

[[Category: Lk3 transgenic mice]]

[[Category: Cingolani, G]]