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Selective protein import into the cell nucleus occurs in two steps: binding to the nuclear envelope, followed by energy-dependent transit through the nuclear pore complex. A 60 kD protein, importin, is essential for the first nuclear import step, and the small G protein Ran/TC4 is essential for the second. We have previously purified the 60kD importin protein (importin 60) as a single polypeptide.
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