The nuclear pore complex: birth, life, and death of a cellular behemoth

E Dultz, M Wojtynek, O Medalia, E Onischenko - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are the only transport channels that cross the nuclear
envelope. Constructed from~ 500–1000 nucleoporin proteins each, they are among the …

Nuclear transport proteins: Structure, function, and disease relevance

Y Yang, L Guo, L Chen, B Gong, D Jia… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Proper subcellular localization is crucial for the functioning of biomacromolecules, including
proteins and RNAs. Nuclear transport is a fundamental cellular process that regulates the …

Structure of the cytoplasmic ring of the Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex

X Zhu, G Huang, C Zeng, X Zhan, K Liang, Q Xu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The nuclear pore complex (NPC) resides on the nuclear envelope (NE)
and mediates nucleocytoplasmic cargo transport. As one of the largest cellular machineries …

Implications of a multiscale structure of the yeast nuclear pore complex

CW Akey, I Echeverria, C Ouch, I Nudelman, Y Shi… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) direct the nucleocytoplasmic transport of macromolecules.
Here, we provide a composite multiscale structure of the yeast NPC, based on improved 3D …

ContinuousFlex: Software package for analyzing continuous conformational variability of macromolecules in cryo electron microscopy and tomography data

M Harastani, R Vuillemot, I Hamitouche… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
ContinuousFlex is a user-friendly open-source software package for analyzing continuous
conformational variability of macromolecules in cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and cryo …

Nuclear export of pre-60S particles through the nuclear pore complex

Z Li, S Chen, L Zhao, G Huang, H Xu, X Yang, P Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is the bidirectional gate that mediates the exchange of
macromolecules or their assemblies between nucleus and cytoplasm,–. The assembly …

Regulatory dynamics of the higher-plant PSI–LHCI supercomplex during state transitions

J Wu, S Chen, C Wang, W Lin, C Huang, C Fan, D Han… - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
State transition is a fundamental light acclimation mechanism of photosynthetic organisms in
response to the environmental light conditions. This process rebalances the excitation …

Structure of the nuclear pore complex goes atomic

G Huang, C Zeng, Y Shi - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a supra-molecular assembly that mediates substance
and information flow across the nuclear envelope (NE). Due to its extraordinary size and …

Cryo-EM structure of the inner ring from the Xenopus laevis nuclear pore complex

G Huang, X Zhan, C Zeng, K Liang, X Zhu, Y Zhao… - Cell Research, 2022 - nature.com
Nuclear pore complex (NPC) mediates nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. Here we present single-
particle cryo-electron microscopy structure of the inner ring (IR) subunit from the Xenopus …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the structure of the nuclear pore complex

L Tai, G Yin, F Sun, Y Zhu - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a giant protein assembly that penetrates the double
layers of the nuclear membrane. The overall structure of the NPC has approximately …