1ibr
From Proteopedia
COMPLEX OF RAN WITH IMPORTIN BETA
Overview
Transport receptors of the Importin beta family shuttle between the nucleus and cytoplasm and mediate transport of macromolecules through nuclear pore complexes. They interact specifically with the GTP-binding protein Ran, which in turn regulates their interaction with cargo. Here, we report the three-dimensional structure of a complex between Ran bound to the nonhydrolyzable GTP analog GppNHp and a 462-residue fragment from Importin beta. The structure of Importin beta shows 10 tandem repeats resembling HEAT and Armadillo motifs. They form an irregular crescent, the concave site of which forms the interface with Ran-triphosphate. The importin-binding site of Ran does not overlap with that of the Ran-binding domain of RanBP2.
About this Structure
1IBR is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural view of the Ran-Importin beta interaction at 2.3 A resolution., Vetter IR, Arndt A, Kutay U, Gorlich D, Wittinghofer A, Cell. 1999 May 28;97(5):635-46. PMID:10367892 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 19:49:07 2008
