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Biophysical Journal 58: 341-355 (1990)
© 1990 the Biophysical Society
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
ABSTRACT
The transport of macromolecules between the cytoplasm and nucleus of the cell is mediated by the nuclear pore complex (NPC). In this study, details of the central transporter assembly within NPCs have been examined by cryoelectron microscopy, image processing, and classification analysis. The NPC transporter in isolated amphibian nuclei appears to adopt a minimum of four transport-related configurations including: (a) a putative closed form with a 90-100 A diameter central pore, (b) a docked form with material aligned over the pore, (c) an open form with substrates apparently caught "in transit," and (d) an open form with an enlarged pore. This data confirms previous observations on NPC transporters labeled with nucleoplasmin-gold (Akey, C.W., and D.S. Goldfarb. 1989. J. Cell Biol. 109:971-982) and allows a working model of the central NPC transporter to be proposed. The model is comprised of two supramolecular irislike assemblies which open asynchronously to provide an expanded pore for translocation while maintaining transport fidelity.
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