2ynr

mImp_alphadIBB_B54NLS

spinqualitylabelsall models 2ynr, resolution 2.30Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2ynr is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Lk3 transgenic mice and Synthetic construct sequences. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 4b8j, 4b8o, 4b8p, 2yns, 4ba3 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function [IMA2_MOUSE] Functions in nuclear protein import as an adapter protein for nuclear receptor KPNB1. Binds specifically and directly to substrates containing either a simple or bipartite NLS motif. Docking of the importin/substrate complex to the nuclear pore complex (NPC) is mediated by KPNB1 through binding to nucleoporin FxFG repeats and the complex is subsequently translocated through the pore by an energy requiring, Ran-dependent mechanism. At the nucleoplasmic side of the NPC, Ran binds to importin-beta and the three components separate and importin-alpha and -beta are re-exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where GTP hydrolysis releases Ran from importin. The directionality of nuclear import is thought to be conferred by an asymmetric distribution of the GTP- and GDP-bound forms of Ran between the cytoplasm and nucleus. Publication Abstract from PubMed In the classical nucleocytoplasmic import pathway, nuclear localization signals (NLSs) in cargo proteins are recognized by the import receptor importin-alpha. Importin-alpha has two separate NLS binding sites (the major and the minor site), both of which recognize positively charged amino acid clusters in NLSs. Little is known about the molecular basis of the unique features of the classical nuclear import pathway in plants. We determined the crystal structure of rice (Oryza sativa) importin-alpha1a at 2-A resolution. The structure reveals that the autoinhibitory mechanism mediated by the importin-beta binding domain of importin-alpha operates in plants, with NLS-mimicking sequences binding to both minor and major NLS binding sites. Consistent with yeast and mammalian proteins, rice importin-alpha binds the prototypical NLS from simian virus 40 large T-antigen preferentially at the major NLS binding site. We show that two NLSs, previously described as plant specific, bind to and are functional with plant, mammalian, and yeast importin-alpha proteins but interact with rice importin-alpha more strongly. The crystal structures of their complexes with rice importin-alpha show that they bind to the minor NLS binding site. By contrast, the crystal structures of their complexes with mouse (Mus musculus) importin-alpha show preferential binding to the major NLS binding site. Our results reveal the molecular basis of a number of features of the classical nuclear transport pathway specific to plants. Crystal Structure of Rice Importin-alpha and Structural Basis of Its Interaction with Plant-Specific Nuclear Localization Signals.,Chang CW, Counago RL, Williams SJ, Boden M, Kobe B Plant Cell. 2012 Dec 18. PMID:23250448 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also ATPase 3D structures Importin 3D structures

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