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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2014

An agent-based model for mRNA export through the nuclear pore complex.

Mohammad Azimi, Evgeny Bulat, Karsten Weis, Mohammad R K Mofrad

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Temporal and spatial regulation of mRNA export: Single particle RNA-imaging provides new tools and insights.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2017
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  14. Modeling of the mechano-chemical behaviour of the nuclear pore complex: current research and perspectives.Integrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mohammad AzimiMolecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Program in Chemical Biology, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Evgeny BulatMolecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Program in Chemical Biology, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Karsten WeisDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Mohammad R K MofradMolecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Program in Chemical Biology, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 mofrad@berkeley.edu.

Funding

Structure and function of the nuclear pore complexR01GM058065 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI HEALD, REBECCA W · 1998 to 2015
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA export from the nucleus is an essential step in the expression of every protein- coding gene in eukaryotes, but many aspects of this process remain poorly understood. The density of export receptors that must bind an mRNA to ensure export, as well as how receptor distribution affects transport dynamics, is not known. It is also unclear whether the rate-limiting step for transport occurs at the nuclear basket, in the central channel, or on the cytoplasmic face of the nuclear pore complex. Using previously published biophysical and biochemical parameters of mRNA export, we implemented a three-dimensional, coarse-grained, agent-based model of mRNA export in the nanosecond regime to gain insight into these issues. On running the model, we observed that mRNA export is sensitive to the number and distribution of transport receptors coating the mRNA and that there is a rate-limiting step in the nuclear basket that is potentially associated with the mRNA reconfiguring itself to thread into the central channel. Of note, our results also suggest that using a single location-monitoring mRNA label may be insufficient to correctly capture the time regime of mRNA threading through the pore and subsequent transport. This has implications for future experimental design to study mRNA transport dynamics.

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Active Transport, Cell NucleusModels, MolecularRNA TransportAnimalsCytoplasmEukaryotic CellsHumansKineticsNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsNucleic Acid ConformationRNA, MessengerTime FactorsNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID25253717
PMCPMC4230623

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