2024
Channel width modulates the permeability of DNA origami–based nuclear pore mimics
Feng Q, Saladin M, Wu C, Cao E, Zheng W, Zhang A, Bhardwaj P, Li X, Shen Q, Kapinos L, Kozai T, Mariappan M, Lusk C, Xiong Y, Lim R, Lin C. Channel width modulates the permeability of DNA origami–based nuclear pore mimics. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadq8773. PMID: 39536094, PMCID: PMC11559598, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adq8773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCapsidDNAHepatitis B virusHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsNanoporesNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsPermeability
2023
Changing the guard—nuclear pore complex quality control
Veldsink A, Gallardo P, Lusk C, Veenhoff L. Changing the guard—nuclear pore complex quality control. FEBS Letters 2023, 597: 2739-2749. PMID: 37715940, DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusNuclear EnvelopeNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsThe capsid lattice engages a bipartite NUP153 motif to mediate nuclear entry of HIV-1 cores
Shen Q, Kumari S, Xu C, Jang S, Shi J, Burdick R, Levintov L, Xiong Q, Wu C, Devarkar S, Tian T, Tripler T, Hu Y, Yuan S, Temple J, Feng Q, Lusk C, Aiken C, Engelman A, Perilla J, Pathak V, Lin C, Xiong Y. The capsid lattice engages a bipartite NUP153 motif to mediate nuclear entry of HIV-1 cores. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2202815120. PMID: 36943880, PMCID: PMC10068764, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2202815120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusCapsidCapsid ProteinsHIV InfectionsHIV SeropositivityHIV-1HumansNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsConceptsHIV-1 capsidC-terminal tail regionTriple arginine motifNuclear pore complexPhenylalanine-glycine motifsBipartite motifNuclear importPore complexNuclear poresNuclear entryNup153Capsid latticeInteraction moduleProtein latticeCA assemblyCA hexamersIntact capsidsNucleoporinsHIV-1 coreMotifCapsidTail regionIntact formInfection studiesMechanistic evidenceModeling HIV-1 nuclear entry with nucleoporin-gated DNA-origami channels
Shen Q, Feng Q, Wu C, Xiong Q, Tian T, Yuan S, Shi J, Bedwell G, Yang R, Aiken C, Engelman A, Lusk C, Lin C, Xiong Y. Modeling HIV-1 nuclear entry with nucleoporin-gated DNA-origami channels. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2023, 30: 425-435. PMID: 36807645, PMCID: PMC10121901, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-00925-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActive Transport, Cell NucleusCapsid ProteinsCell LineDNAHIV-1HumansNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsConceptsNuclear pore complexHIV-1 nuclear entryNuclear entryNuclear importNPC central channelPore complexHost nucleusCapsid dockingVirus genomeAffinity gradientNup153Central channelMechanistic insightsMolecular interactionsCapsidNucleoporinsNup358Nup62GenomeNucleusVirusDockingVirus-1 infectionImportComplexes
2022
Quality control mechanisms that protect nuclear envelope identity and function
Mannino PJ, Lusk CP. Quality control mechanisms that protect nuclear envelope identity and function. Journal Of Cell Biology 2022, 221: e202205123. PMID: 36036741, PMCID: PMC9442147, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202205123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEndoplasmic ReticulumNuclear EnvelopeNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsUbiquitinConceptsNuclear pore complexQuality control mechanismsNuclear envelopeCellular degradative machineryNE integrityGenome stabilityPore complexMembrane remodelingDegradative machineryOuter membraneDistinct biochemistryBiochemical identityEndoplasmic reticulumAutophagy mechanismControl mechanismsSelective barrierPore membraneMembraneRecent workEukaryotesProteomeDeleterious effectsSpecializationMechanismMachinery
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