IPO8

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Importin 8
Identifiers
SymbolsIPO8; RANBP8
External IDsOMIM: 605600 HomoloGene: 48430 GeneCards: IPO8 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez10526320727
EnsemblENSG00000133704ENSMUSG00000040029
UniProtO15397Q7TMY7
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001190995NM_001081113
RefSeq (protein)NP_001177924NP_001074582
Location (UCSC)Chr 12:
30.78 – 30.85 Mb
Chr 6:
148.77 – 148.83 Mb
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Importin 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IPO8 gene.[1]

Function

The importin-alpha/beta complex and the GTPase Ran mediate nuclear import of proteins with a classical nuclear localization signal. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of a class of approximately 20 potential Ran targets that share a sequence motif related to the Ran-binding site of importin-beta. This protein binds to the nuclear pore complex and, along with RanGTP and RANBP1, inhibits the GAP stimulation of the Ran GTPase. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010].

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