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Goldberg, Martin WRutherford, Sandra A
Hughes, Mike F
Cotter, Laura A
Bagley, Steven
Kiseleva, Elena
Allen, Terence D
Clarke, Paul R
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CRC Department of Structural Cell Biology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 9BX, UK. mgoldberg@picr.man.ac.ukIssue Date
2000-07-14
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Transport across the nuclear membranes occurs through the nuclear pore complex (NPC), and is mediated by soluble transport factors including Ran, a small GTPase that is generally GDP-bound during import and GTP-bound for export. The dynamic nature of the NPC structure suggests a possible active role for it in driving translocation. Here we show that RanGTP but not RanGDP causes alterations of NPC structure when injected into the cytoplasm of Xenopus oocytes, including compaction of the NPC and extension of the cytoplasmic filaments. RanGTP caused accumulation of nucleoplasmin-gold along the length of extended cytoplasmic filaments, whereas RanGDP caused accumulation around the cytoplasmic rim of the NPC. This suggests a possible role for Ran in altering the conformation of the cytoplasmic filaments during transport.Citation
Ran alters nuclear pore complex conformation. 2000, 300 (3):519-29 J. Mol. Biol.Journal
Journal of Molecular BiologyDOI
10.1006/jmbi.2000.3891PubMed ID
10884348Type
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0022-2836ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1006/jmbi.2000.3891
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