Karyopherin-independent spontaneous transport of amphiphilic proteins through the nuclear pore

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 4979-4984

  Kumeta, Masahiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideki ^a   Yoshimura, Shige H ^a   Takeyasu, Kunio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic motif; Karyopherin; Nuclear pore complex; Nuclear transport; Surface hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC PROTEIN; AMPHOPHILE; KARYOPHERIN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTININ; ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL NUCLEUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; KARYOPHERINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEAR PORE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SF9 CELLS; SPECTRIN; SPODOPTERA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84872221907     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109520     Document Type: Article

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