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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
300
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
519-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Gold, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Guanosine Diphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Guanosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Nuclear Envelope, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Nucleoplasmins, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Protein Structure, Quaternary, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-Xenopus laevis, pubmed-meshheading:10884348-ran GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Ran alters nuclear pore complex conformation.
pubmed:affiliation
CRC Department of Structural Cell Biology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 9BX, UK. mgoldberg@picr.man.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't