KPNA4

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Karyopherin alpha 4 (importin alpha 3)

Identifiers

KPNA4; IPOA3; MGC12217; MGC26703; QIP1; SRP3

External IDs

OMIM: 602970 MGI: 1100848 HomoloGene: 20521

Gene ontology
Molecular Function:	• protein binding • protein transporter activity
Cellular Component:	• nucleus • nuclear pore • cytoplasm
Biological Process:	• NLS-bearing substrate import into nucleus • intracellular protein transport

RNA expression pattern

More reference expression data

Orthologs

Human

Mouse

Refseq

NM_002268 (mRNA)
NP_002259 (protein)

NM_008467 (mRNA)
NP_032493 (protein)

Location

Chr 3: 161.7 - 161.77 Mb

Chr 3: 69.16 - 69.22 Mb

Pubmed search

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Karyopherin alpha 4 (importin alpha 3), also known as KPNA4, is a human gene.

The nuclear import of karyophilic proteins is directed by short amino acid sequences termed nuclear localization signals (NLSs). Karyopherins, or importins, are cytoplasmic proteins that recognize NLSs and dock NLS-containing proteins to the nuclear pore complex. The protein encoded by this gene shares the sequence similarity with Xenopus importin-alpha and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Srp1. This protein is found to interact with the NLSs of DNA helicase Q1 and SV40 T antigen.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Entrez Gene: KPNA4 karyopherin alpha 4 (importin alpha 3).

[edit] Further reading

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Seki T, Tada S, Katada T, Enomoto T (1997). "Cloning of a cDNA encoding a novel importin-alpha homologue, Qip1: discrimination of Qip1 and Rch1 from hSrp1 by their ability to interact with DNA helicase Q1/RecQL.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 234 (1): 48–53. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.6535. PMID 9168958.
Gallay P, Hope T, Chin D, Trono D (1997). "HIV-1 infection of nondividing cells through the recognition of integrase by the importin/karyopherin pathway.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (18): 9825–30. PMID 9275210.
Besançon F, Just J, Bourgeade MF, et al. (1997). "HIV-1 p17 and IFN-gamma both induce fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase.". J. Interferon Cytokine Res. 17 (8): 461–7. PMID 9282826.