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ArticleNature communications2016

Structure of the exportin Xpo4 in complex with RanGTP and the hypusine-containing translation factor eIF5A.

Metin Aksu, Sergei Trakhanov, Dirk Görlich

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A Deep-Learning Atlas of XPO1-Mediated Nuclear Export at Proteome Scale.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  18. Karyopherin-mediated nucleocytoplasmic transport.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2022
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  19. Role of eIF5A in Mitochondrial Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Metin AksuDepartment of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8627-7526
Sergei TrakhanovDepartment of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Dirk GörlichDepartment of Cellular Logistics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xpo4 is a bidirectional nuclear transport receptor that mediates nuclear export of eIF5A and Smad3 as well as import of Sox2 and SRY. How Xpo4 recognizes such a variety of cargoes is as yet unknown. Here we present the crystal structure of the RanGTP·Xpo4·eIF5A export complex at 3.2 Å resolution. Xpo4 has a similar structure as CRM1, but the NES-binding site is occluded, and a new interaction site evolved that recognizes both globular domains of eIF5A. eIF5A contains hypusine, a unique amino acid with two positive charges, which is essential for cell viability and eIF5A function in translation. The hypusine docks into a deep, acidic pocket of Xpo4 and is thus a critical element of eIF5A's complex export signature. This further suggests that Xpo4 recognizes other cargoes differently, and illustrates how Xpo4 suppresses - in a chaperone-like manner - undesired interactions of eIF5A inside nuclei.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCloning, MolecularCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliEukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5AGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHumansKaryopherinsKineticsLysineMolecular Docking SimulationPeptide Initiation FactorsProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalEukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5AhypusineKaryopherinsLysinePeptide Initiation Factorsran GTP-Binding ProteinRAN protein, humanRecombinant ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsXpo4 protein, human

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PMID27306458
PMCPMC4912631
OpenAlexW2441452407

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