- Karyopherin
Karyopherins are a group of
protein s involved in transporting molecules through the pores of thenuclear envelope (the membrane around a cell's nucleus).Karyopherins, which may act as "
importin s" or "exportin s", are part of the Importin-β super-family which all share a similar three-dimensional structure.They belong to [http://www.tcdb.org/tcdb/index.php?tc=9.A.14 9.A.14 The Nuclear Pore Complex Family] in
TCDB .Cycle
For example,
*importin beta + adapter +cargo protein (cytoplasm )-->(karyoplasm )
*importin beta + adapter +RanGTP (karyoplasm)-->(cytoplasm)
*Ran-GTP --> RanGDP + PGenes
*
KPNA1
*KPNA2
*KPNA3
*KPNA4
*KPNA5
*KPNA6
*KPNB1
*KPNB2
=AdditionalExternal links
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* [http://jkweb.berkeley.edu/external/pdb/1998/kap_alpha/kap_alpha.html Illustrations at berkeley.edu]
* [http://sspatel.googlepages.com/nuclearporecomplex Karyopherin animations]
* [http://sspatel.googlepages.com/nuclearporecomplex2 Karyopherin illustrations]
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