Target
Human KPNA2 / Importin Alpha 1
Synonyms
KPNA2 | Importin alpha 2 | Importin subunit alpha-2 | IPOA1 | Importin alpha-2 subunit | Karyopherin subunit alpha-2 | Importin-alpha-P1 | Qip2 | RAG cohort 1 | SRP1 | RCH1 | SRP1-alpha | SRP1alpha | Importin alpha 1 | Pendulin | RAG cohort protein 1
Reactivity
Human
(tested or 100% immunogen sequence identity)
Immunogen
Recombinant human Importin subunit alpha-1 protein (2-285AA)
Specificity
Functions in nuclear protein import as an adapter protein for nuclear receptor KPNB1. Binds specifically and directly to substrates containing either a simple or bipartite NLS motif. Docking of the importin/substrate complex to the nuclear pore complex (NPC) is mediated by KPNB1 through binding to nucleoporin FxFG repeats and the complex is subsequently translocated through the pore by an energy requiring, Ran-dependent mechanism. At the nucleoplasmic side of the NPC, Ran binds to importin-beta and the three components separate and importin-alpha and -beta are re-exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where GTP hydrolysis releases Ran from importin. The directionality of nuclear import is thought to be conferred by an asymmetric distribution of the GTP- and GDP-bound forms of Ran between the cytoplasm and nucleus.