Abstract
To enter the nucleus a protein must be chaperoned by a transport factor through the nuclear pore complex or it must be small enough to pass through by diffusion. Although these principles have long described the nuclear import of soluble proteins, recent evidence indicates that they also apply to the import of integral inner nuclear membrane proteins. Here we develop a set of rules that might govern the transport of proteins to the inner nuclear membrane.
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We are grateful to R. Peters, S. Wente, R. Wozniak, A. Corbett and L. Veenhoff for insightful discussions regarding INM transport. We thank H. Shi for comments on the initial drafts and M. Rout for valuable criticisms of the manuscript. M.C.K. is supported by a Kirchstein National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellowship and G.B. and C.P.L. are supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Lusk, C., Blobel, G. & King, M. Highway to the inner nuclear membrane: rules for the road. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 8, 414–420 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2165
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