The adoption of a twisted structure of importin-β is essential for the protein-protein interaction required for nuclear transport

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 251-264

  Lee, Soo Jae ^a   Imamoto, Naoko ^a   Sakai, Hiroaki ^a   Nakagawa, Atsushi ^a   Kose, Shingo ^a   Koike, Makiko ^a   Yamamoto, Masaki ^b   Kumasaka, Takashi ^b   Yoneda, Yoshihiro ^a   Tsukihara, Tomitake ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

HEAT repeat; Importin ; Nuclear pore complex; Nuclear protein transport; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034622941     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4055     Document Type: Article

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