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Importin

Importin is a type of karyopherin involved in the nuclear transport of moving protein molecules from a cell's cytoplasm to the nucleus. It does so by binding to specific recognition sequences, called nuclear localization sequences (NLS).

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Domains
InterPro
HGNC
6394
Locus
Chr. 3 q21.1
NCBI gene
3836
OMIM
600686
RefSeq
NP_002255

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Discovery

Structure

Nuclear protein import cycle

Disease

Human importin genes

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Importin

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples126
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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Importin

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related to Discovery · 19
Importin → Dirk Görlich, Enno Hartmann, Importin-α, Importin-β, IPO4, IPO7, It, Max Delbrück Center, Michael Rexach, Molecular Medicine, NLS, Other, Ran, Since, SRP1p, TC4, The, These, Xenopus
related to Human importin genes · 17
Importin → Although, IPO11, IPO13Karyopherin-α, IPO4, IPO5, IPO7, IPO8, IPO9, KPNA1, KPNA2, KPNA3, KPNA4, KPNA5, KPNA6Karyopherin-β, KPNB1, Note, Various
related to Recycling · 14
Importin → CAS, Finally, GAP, GEF, GTP, Importin-β, In, It, Once, Ran, Ran-GDP, Ran-GTP, Ran-GTP/CAS, RanGAP
related to Importin-α · 12
Importin → ARM, As, C-terminus, IBB, Importin-α, Importin-β, N-terminal, N-terminus, NLS, The, These, This
related to Cargo release · 10
Importin → IBB, In, NLS, NLS-binding, Now, Nup2, Nup50, The, The N-terminal, This
related to Importin-β · 9
Importin → Crystallographic, Each, FG, HEAT, Importin-β, In, It, Phe-Gly, The
related to Cargo transport · 7
Importin → Importin-β, NPC, Once, Ran-GTP, Ras-family GTPase, The, This
related to External links · 6
Importin → Importins, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, Month Importins, National Library, PDB Molecule
related to Disease · 4
Importin → As, Drosophila, Importins, There
related to Neuronal functions · 4
Importin → After, Subcellular, These, UTR

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Important terminology

protein importin-α importin-β cargo nucleus proteins cytoplasm nls nuclear binding transport also structure form complex two bind import ran-gtp ran

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ImportinDomainsInterPro1.00infobox
ImportinHGNC63941.00infobox
ImportinLocusChr. 3 q21.11.00infobox
ImportinNCBI gene38361.00infobox
ImportinOMIM6006861.00infobox
ImportinRefSeqNP_0022551.00infobox
ImportinSearch forSearch forStructuresSwiss-modelDomainsInterPro1.00infobox
ImportinStructuresSwiss-model1.00infobox
ImportinSymbolKPNA11.00infobox
ImportinUniProtP522941.00infobox
Importinis atype of karyopherin involved in the nuclear transport of moving protein molecules from a cell's cytoplasm to the nucleus0.90text
Nup2instance ofspecific release factors0.80text

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