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ArticleNature communications2018

In situ architecture of the algal nuclear pore complex.

Shyamal Mosalaganti, Jan Kosinski, Sahradha Albert, Miroslava Schaffer, Daniela Strenkert, Patrice A Salomé, Sabeeha S Merchant, Jürgen M Plitzko, Wolfgang Baumeister, Benjamin D Engel and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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86citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shyamal MosalagantiStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-687X
Jan KosinskiStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sahradha AlbertDepartment of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
Miroslava SchafferDepartment of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
Daniela StrenkertInstitute for Genomics and Proteomics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Patrice A SaloméInstitute for Genomics and Proteomics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4452-9064
Sabeeha S MerchantInstitute for Genomics and Proteomics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2594-509X
Jürgen M PlitzkoDepartment of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
Wolfgang BaumeisterDepartment of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany. baumeist@biochem.mpg.de.
Benjamin D EngelDepartment of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Martinsried, Germany. engelben@biochem.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0941-4387
Martin BeckStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany. martin.beck@embl.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7397-1321
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry · DEEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory · DE

Funding

EC | European Research Council (ERC) 309271European Research Council 309271
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) span the nuclear envelope and mediate nucleocytoplasmic exchange. They are a hallmark of eukaryotes and deeply rooted in the evolutionary origin of cellular compartmentalization. NPCs have an elaborate architecture that has been well studied in vertebrates. Whether this architecture is unique or varies significantly in other eukaryotic kingdoms remains unknown, predominantly due to missing in situ structural data. Here, we report the architecture of the algal NPC from the early branching eukaryote Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and compare it to the human NPC. We find that the inner ring of the Chlamydomonas NPC has an unexpectedly large diameter, and the outer rings exhibit an asymmetric oligomeric state that has not been observed or predicted previously. Our study provides evidence that the NPC is subject to substantial structural variation between species. The divergent and conserved features of NPC architecture provide insights into the evolution of the nucleocytoplasmic transport machinery.

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Chlamydomonas reinhardtiiEvolution, MolecularNuclear PoreNuclear Pore Complex ProteinsPolymerizationProtein Structure, QuaternaryNuclear Pore Complex Proteins

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PMCPMC6006428
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