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