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SPN1

Snurportin1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SNUPN gene.[1][2]

The nuclear import of the spliceosomal snRNPs U1, U2, U4 and U5, is dependent on the presence of a complex nuclear localization signal. The latter is composed of the 5′-2,2,7-terminal trimethylguanosine (m3G) cap structure of the U snRNA and the Sm core domain. The protein encoded by this gene interacts specifically with m3G-cap and functions as an snRNP-specific nuclear import receptor. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified for this gene.[2]

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References

  1. Huber J, Cronshagen U, Kadokura M, Marshallsay C, Wada T, Sekine M, Luhrmann R (Sep 1998). “Snurportin1, an m3G-cap-specific nuclear import receptor with a novel domain structure”. EMBO J. 17 (14): 4114–26. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.14.4114. PMC 1170744. PMID 9670026.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: SNUPN snurportin 1”.
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