Importin

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*'''IPO-α''' contains several armadillo repeats with two NLS-binding sites and an IPO-β binding (IBB) site.
*'''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.
*'''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.
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*'''IPO-4''' binds histones H3 and H4 and histone chaperone ASF1 for nuclear import<ref>PMID:36103578</ref>.
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See also [[Protein Transport Membrane Protein]].
See also [[Protein Transport Membrane Protein]].

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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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References

  1. 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
  2. Bernardes NE, Fung HYJ, Li Y, Chen Z, Chook YM. Structure of IMPORTIN-4 bound to the H3-H4-ASF1 histone-histone chaperone complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Sep 20;119(38):e2207177119. PMID:36103578 doi:10.1073/pnas.2207177119
  3. 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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