Karyopherin

Karyopherin

Karyopherins are a group of proteins involved in transporting molecules through the pores of the nuclear envelope (the membrane around a cell's nucleus).

Karyopherins, which may act as "importins" or "exportins", 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 + P

Genes

* KPNA1
* KPNA2
* KPNA3
* KPNA4
* KPNA5
* KPNA6
* KPNB1
* KPNB2


=Additional

External links

*
* [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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