2020
Nucleoplasmic signals promote directed transmembrane protein import simultaneously via multiple channels of nuclear pores
Mudumbi KC, Czapiewski R, Ruba A, Junod SL, Li Y, Luo W, Ngo C, Ospina V, Schirmer EC, Yang W. Nucleoplasmic signals promote directed transmembrane protein import simultaneously via multiple channels of nuclear pores. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 2184. PMID: 32366843, PMCID: PMC7198523, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16033-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane proteinsInner nuclear membrane proteinCentral channelEukaryotic transmembrane proteinsNuclear membrane proteinsNuclear localization signalNuclear pore complexCertain membrane proteinsCentral outstanding questionsSingle-molecule microscopyProtein importProtein translocationLocalization signalPore complexNuclear transportBlock translocationTransmembrane proteinNuclear poresSuch proteinsProtein targetsNuclear membraneProteinTranslocationOutstanding questionsChannel transport
2016
Single-point single-molecule FRAP distinguishes inner and outer nuclear membrane protein distribution
Mudumbi K, Schirmer E, Yang W. Single-point single-molecule FRAP distinguishes inner and outer nuclear membrane protein distribution. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 12562. PMID: 27558844, PMCID: PMC5007294, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear envelope transmembrane proteinsInner nuclear membraneOuter nuclear membraneNuclear membraneEnvelope transmembrane proteinsMembrane protein distributionTranslocation rateTransmembrane proteinEndoplasmic reticulumProtein distributionHuman diseasesMembraneProteinReticulumMicroscopy techniquesDetermination of distributionVivo