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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2026

Multiple roads between the nucleus and the cytoplasm: classes of linear NLSs and NESs and their receptors.

Casey E Wing, Yuh Min Chook

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Importin-9 recognizes the winged-helix fold of ETS transcription factors to mediate nuclear import.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Casey E WingDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390, United States.
Yuh Min ChookDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390, United States. Electronic address: YuhMin.Chook@utsouthwestern.edu.

Funding

Biochemical and cellular functions of Karyopherins - Revision - 2R35GM141461 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Yuh Min Chook · 2021 to 2026
$2.8M
Molecular Biophysics Training ProgramT32GM131963 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Luke W Rice · 2019 to 2026
$1.5M
Nuclear transport of developmental signaling effectorsR01HL175985 · NHLBI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI Yuh Min Chook, Mustafa K Khokha · 2025 to 2026
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL175985NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141461NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM131963
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleocytoplasmic transport relies on targeting signals within cargo polypeptides, typically as short linear motifs but sometimes as folded domains. These signals are recognized by the Karyopherin-β (Kap) family of importins, exportins, and biportins. Despite the number of Kaps, only a few linear signal classes are well-defined: the classical nuclear localization signal (cNLS) recognized by importin-α (IMPα), which in turn binds IMPβ to form the IMPα/β heterodimer, the IMPβ-binding domain, the Pro-Tyr NLS of transportin-1 (TNPO1/Kapβ2), the IK-NLS of Kap121/importin-5, and the RS/E- and RSY-NLSs of TNPO3, along with the classical nuclear export signal (NES) of exportin-1 (XPO1/CRM1) and the phosphorylated NES of yeast Msn5. This review summarizes recent structural and biochemical advances that define these signals and their recognition rules and highlights the remaining gaps in our understanding of linear signals across the Kap family.

Indexed as

Cell NucleusCytoplasmNuclear Export SignalsNuclear Localization SignalsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsHumansKaryopherinsKaryopherinsNuclear Export SignalsNuclear Localization SignalsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear

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PMID41825110
PMCPMC13559002

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