Nuclear import and export Flashcards
1
Q
NE
A
- perinuclear space (20-50nm)
2
Q
nuclear lamina
A
nuclear cytoskeleton attached to lamins
3
Q
lamins
A
intermediate filaments
4
Q
Regulatory NE functions
A
- gene expression
- QC
- selective control of nuclear content
5
Q
passive diffusion
A
- 30-60kDa polar
6
Q
NPC
A
- 500-1000 protein
- highly conserved; diameter, abundance, distribution and NUPs vary
7
Q
Symmetric core
A
- structural foundation of NPC
- cytoplasmic and nucleoplasmic rings = scaffold NUPs
8
Q
TM NUPs
A
anchor NPC to membrane
9
Q
vesicle coat, adaptin-related NUPs
A
stabilise membrane shape
10
Q
FG NUPs
A
- highly disordered
- low charge, high mean hydrophobicity
11
Q
selective
A
phase model
12
Q
asymmetric
A
- docking sites for transporter (disassembly) protein complices
13
Q
protein import
A
- histones
- lamins
- pols
- TFs
- snRPs
14
Q
protein export
A
shuttling
15
Q
karyopherin
A
conformational change upon cargo binding increases hydrophobic surfaces