Importin

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Structure of yeast importin α NLS-binding domain (grey) complex with nucleoplasmin peptide (green) (PDB code 1ee5).

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↑ Mattaj IW, Englmeier L. Nucleocytoplasmic transport: the soluble phase. Annu Rev Biochem. 1998;67:265-306. PMID:9759490 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.biochem.67.1.265
↑ Pumroy RA, Cingolani G. Diversification of importin-alpha isoforms in cellular trafficking and disease states. Biochem J. 2015 Feb 15;466(1):13-28. doi: 10.1042/BJ20141186. PMID:25656054 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20141186

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 == Function ==
-'''Importins''' (IPO) mediate the import of cellular proteins into the nucleus by binding to the '''N'''uclear '''L'''ocalization '''S'''ignal (NLS).  IPO has 2 subunits: α and β.  '''IPO-α''' is an adaptor protein which binds the NLS<ref>PMID:9759490</ref>.  IPOs can contain one or two NLS motifs.  '''IPO-α''' contains several armadillo repeats with two NLS-binding sites and an IPO-β binding (IBB) site.  '''IPO-β''' contains 19 HEAT (solenoid domain) repeats.  Many nuclear proteins contain Phe-Gly sequences which can bind to HEAT repeats and thus be transported.  See also [[Protein Transport Membrane Protein]].
+'''Importins''' (IPO) mediate the import of cellular proteins into the nucleus by binding to the '''N'''uclear '''L'''ocalization '''S'''ignal (NLS).  IPO has 2 subunits: α and β.  '''IPO-α''' is an adaptor protein which binds the NLS<ref>PMID:9759490</ref>.  IPOs can contain one or two NLS motifs.
+*'''IPO-α''' contains several armadillo repeats with two NLS-binding sites and an IPO-β binding (IBB) site.
+*'''IPO-β''' contains 19 HEAT (solenoid domain) repeats.  Many nuclear proteins contain Phe-Gly sequences which can bind to HEAT repeats and thus be transported.
+See also [[Protein Transport Membrane Protein]].
 == Disease ==