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ArticleeLife2016

Simple biophysics underpins collective conformations of the intrinsically disordered proteins of the Nuclear Pore Complex.

Andrei Vovk, Chad Gu, Michael G Opferman, Larisa E Kapinos, Roderick Yh Lim, Rob D Coalson, David Jasnow, Anton Zilman

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrei VovkDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Chad GuDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Michael G OpfermanDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States.
Larisa E KapinosBiozentrum and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Roderick Yh LimBiozentrum and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Rob D CoalsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States.
David JasnowDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States.
Anton ZilmanDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8523-6703
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Toronto · CAUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPCs) are key cellular transporter that control nucleocytoplasmic transport in eukaryotic cells, but its transport mechanism is still not understood. The centerpiece of NPC transport is the assembly of intrinsically disordered polypeptides, known as FG nucleoporins, lining its passageway. Their conformations and collective dynamics during transport are difficult to assess in vivo. In vitro investigations provide partially conflicting results, lending support to different models of transport, which invoke various conformational transitions of the FG nucleoporins induced by the cargo-carrying transport proteins. We show that the spatial organization of FG nucleoporin assemblies with the transport proteins can be understood within a first principles biophysical model with a minimal number of key physical variables, such as the average protein interaction strengths and spatial densities. These results address some of the outstanding controversies and suggest how molecularly divergent NPCs in different species can perform essentially the same function.

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Biophysical PhenomenaAnimalsIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsModels, TheoreticalNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsProtein ConformationIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsNuclear Pore Complex Proteinsbiophysicscomputational biologyintrinsically disordered proteinsnonenulcear pore complexphase separationpolymersstructural biologysystems biologytheory

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PMID27198189
PMCPMC4874778
OpenAlexW2403082327

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