Transportin 1

Transportin 1

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Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsTNPO1 ; IPO2; KPNB2; MIP; MIP1; TRN
External IDsOMIM: 602901 MGI: 2681523 HomoloGene: 5358 GeneCards: TNPO1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez3842238799
EnsemblENSG00000083312ENSMUSG00000009470
UniProtQ92973Q8BFY9
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002270NM_001048267
RefSeq (protein)NP_002261NP_001041732
Location (UCSC)Chr 5:
72.11 – 72.21 Mb
Chr 13:
98.84 – 98.93 Mb
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Transportin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNPO1 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This gene encodes the beta subunit of the karyopherin receptor complex which interacts with nuclear localization signals to target nuclear proteins to the nucleus. The karyopherin receptor complex is a heterodimer of an alpha subunit which recognizes the nuclear localization signal and a beta subunit which docks the complex at nucleoporins. Alternate splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different proteins.[3]

Targets

Transportin 1 (TRN1) is part of the non-classical nuclear import pathway. In conjunction with the RanGTP hydroysis cascade TRN1 acts to import a selection of proteins into the nucleus of cells. These targets typically contain a PY-motif otherwise known as a M9 nuclear localisation signal. Well described examples include hnRNP A1.[4]

Clinical Significance

TRN1 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of two neurodegenerative diseases namely Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.[5]

Interactions

Transportin 1 has been shown to interact with:

References

  1. Pollard VW, Michael WM, Nakielny S, Siomi MC, Wang F, Dreyfuss G (Dec 1996). "A novel receptor-mediated nuclear protein import pathway". Cell 86 (6): 985–94. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80173-7. PMID 8808633.
  2. Bonifaci N, Moroianu J, Radu A, Blobel G (Jun 1997). "Karyopherin beta2 mediates nuclear import of a mRNA binding protein". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (10): 5055–60. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.10.5055. PMC 24630. PMID 9144189.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: TNPO1 transportin 1".
  4. Dormann D, Rodde R, Edbauer D, Bentmann E, Fischer I, Hruscha A et al. (August 2010). "ALS-associated fused in sarcoma (FUS) mutations disrupt Transportin-mediated nuclear import". EMBO J. 29 (16): 2841–57. doi:10.1038/emboj.2010.143. PMC 2924641. PMID 20606625.
  5. Brelstaff J, Lashley T, Holton JL, Lees AJ, Rossor MN, Bandopadhyay R et al. (November 2011). "Transportin1: a marker of FTLD-FUS". Acta Neuropathol. 122 (5): 591–600. doi:10.1007/s00401-011-0863-6. PMID 21847626.
  6. Cai Y, Miao SY, Wang LF (October 2001). "[Determination of the binding site of testis-specific nucleoporin BS-63 to transportin (karopherin beta 2) and the proof of their combination in vitro]". Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao (in Chinese) 23 (5): 462–6. PMID 12905863.
  7. Chook YM, Blobel G (May 1999). "Structure of the nuclear transport complex karyopherin-beta2-Ran x GppNHp". Nature 399 (6733): 230–7. doi:10.1038/20375. PMID 10353245.
  8. Shamsher MK, Ploski J, Radu A (October 2002). "Karyopherin beta 2B participates in mRNA export from the nucleus". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (22): 14195–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.212518199. PMC 137860. PMID 12384575.

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