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| タイトル | Ran modulates allosteric crosstalk between importin β surfaces. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | Nat Commun, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Page 11425, Year 2025 |
| 掲載日 | 2025年12月11日 |
著者 | Ying-Hui Ko / Fenglin Li / Stephanie S Suinn / Junwei Li / Chun-Feng David Hou / Ravi K Lokareddy / Gino Cingolani / ![]() |
| PubMed 要旨 | A cellular gradient of the GTPase Ran orchestrates the movement of import and export complexes through the Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC). Ran-GTP modulates two essential activities of importin β during ...A cellular gradient of the GTPase Ran orchestrates the movement of import and export complexes through the Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC). Ran-GTP modulates two essential activities of importin β during nuclear import. On the one hand, it reduces the avidity of importin β for phenylalanine-glycine-rich nucleoporins (FG-nups), thereby facilitating the passage of import complexes through the permeability barrier. On the other hand, it disassembles import complexes, releasing the import cargo into the nucleus. The precise mechanisms by which Ran-GTP modulates importin β activities have remained hypothetical. Leveraging cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) single-particle analysis, in this paper, we describe five distinct conformational states of importin β in complex with various effectors encountered during an import reaction, specifically IBB-cargos, FG-repeats, Ran-GTP, Ran-GTP:RanBP1, and Ran-GDP:RanBP1. Comparing these states allows us to decipher the conformational landscape of importin β without interference from crystallization agents and lattice forces. By correlating structural data with biochemical activities, we find that Ran-GTP, but not Ran-GDP, constrains the solenoid structure of importin β, closing high-affinity FG-binding pockets and displacing import cargos through allosteric crosstalk between the concave and convex surfaces. We propose that this allosteric mechanism is relevant to other β-karyopherins involved in nuclear import. |
リンク | Nat Commun / PubMed:41381450 / PubMed Central |
| 手法 | EM (単粒子) |
| 解像度 | 3.2 Å |
| 構造データ | EMDB-44492, PDB-9bfc: |
| 化合物 | ![]() ChemComp-PHE: ![]() ChemComp-GLY: |
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キーワード | TRANSPORT PROTEIN / Importins / FG nucleoporins |
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