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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Lucian Smith
PROVIDER: MODEL4969417017 | biostudies-other |
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): 12606574
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

The EMBO journal 20030301 5
Here, we analyse the RanGTPase system and its coupling to receptor-mediated nuclear transport. Our simulations predict nuclear RanGTP levels in HeLa cells to be very sensitive towards the cellular energy charge and to exceed the cytoplasmic concentration approximately 1000-fold. The steepness of the RanGTP gradient appears limited by both the cytoplasmic RanGAP concentration and the imperfect retention of nuclear RanGTP by nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), but not by the nucleotide exchange activit ...[more]