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Facts about GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran.
GTPase involved in nucleocytoplasmic transport, Engaging both to the import and the export from the nucleus of proteins and RNAs (PubMed:10400640, PubMed:8276887, PubMed:8896452, PubMed:8636225, PubMed:8692944, PubMed:9351834, PubMed:9428644, PubMed:9822603, PubMed:26272610).
Switches between a cytoplasmic GDP- and a nuclear GTP-bound country by nucleotide exchange and GTP hydrolysis (PubMed:7819259, PubMed:8896452, PubMed:8636225, PubMed:8692944, PubMed:9351834, PubMed:9428644, PubMed:9822603, PubMed:29040603, PubMed:11336674, PubMed:26272610).Nuclear import receptors like importin beta bind their substrates only in the lack of GTP-bound RAN and release them upon direct interaction with GTP-bound RAN, while nitric oxide behave in the opposite manner. Thereby, RAN controls cargo loading and release by transport receptors in the proper compartment and ensures the directionality of the transport (PubMed:8896452, PubMed:9351834, PubMed:9428644).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | RAN |
Uniprot: | P62826 |
Entrez: | 5901 |
Belongs to: |
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small GTPase superfamily |
Androgen receptor-associated protein 24; ARA24Gsp1; GTPase Ran; GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran; guanosine triphosphatase Ran; member RAS oncogene family; OK/SW-cl.81; RAN, member RAS oncogene family; RanGTPase; Ras-like protein TC4; Ras-related nuclear protein; TC4
Mass (kDA):
24.423 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12q24.33 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (130871879..130877678) |
Expressed in a variety of tissues.
Nucleus. Nucleus envelope. Cytoplasm, cytosol. Cytoplasm. Melanosome. Predominantly nuclear during interphase (PubMed:8421051, PubMed:12194828, PubMed:10679025). Becomes dispersed throughout the cytoplasm during mitosis (PubMed:8421051, PubMed:12194828). Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV (PubMed:17081065).
PMID: 2108320 by Drivas G.T., et al. Characterization of four novel ras-like genes expressed in a human teratocarcinoma cell line.
PMID: 1855255 by Matsumoto T., et al. Premature initiation of mitosis in yeast lacking RCC1 or an interacting GTPase.