2022
Kap-β2/Transportin mediates β-catenin nuclear transport in Wnt signaling
Hwang WY, Kostiuk V, González DP, Lusk CP, Khokha M. Kap-β2/Transportin mediates β-catenin nuclear transport in Wnt signaling. ELife 2022, 11: e70495. PMID: 36300792, PMCID: PMC9665845, DOI: 10.7554/elife.70495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear transport receptorsΒ-catenin nuclear transportNuclear transportΒ-cateninExcessive WntΒ-catenin nuclear importHeterologous model systemsΒ-catenin accumulatesPrimary embryonic axisNuclear transport machineryRan-dependent mannerNuclear localization signalTCF/LEF reporterPY-NLSNuclear importLocalization signalTransport machineryTransport receptorsResponsive genesEmbryonic developmentEmbryonic axisWnt signalingKey effectorsDirect bindingHuman diseases
2006
Karyopherin-mediated import of integral inner nuclear membrane proteins
King MC, Lusk C, Blobel G. Karyopherin-mediated import of integral inner nuclear membrane proteins. Nature 2006, 442: 1003-1007. PMID: 16929305, DOI: 10.1038/nature05075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegral membrane proteinsInner nuclear membraneINM proteinsMembrane proteinsIntegral inner nuclear membrane proteinsInner nuclear membrane proteinNuclear pore complex proteinsNuclear membrane proteinsRan GTPase cycleBasic sequence motifsNuclear localization signalNuclear pore complexPore complex proteinsAppropriate cellular compartmentDiscrete sequence elementsINM targetingLocalization signalPore complexGTPase cycleNuclear transportSequence motifsCellular compartmentsComplex proteinsSequence elementsKaryopherin β1