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Near-atomic structure of the inner ring of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nuclear pore complex

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CELL RESEARCH
Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 437-450

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SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41422-022-00632-y

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  1. National Basic Research Program [2017YFA0504601, 2016YFA0501101]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31861143048, 32071192, 91954118]

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The structure of the inner ring of nuclear pore complexes (IR) consists of a Z-shaped Nup188-Nup192 complex in the middle layer and two approximately parallel rhomboidal structures in the inner and outer layers. The intact IR is assembled through loose and unstable interactions between IR monomers.
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) mediate bidirectional nucleocytoplasmic transport of substances in eukaryotic cells. However, the accurate molecular arrangement of NPCs remains enigmatic owing to their huge size and highly dynamic nature. Here we determined the structure of the asymmetric unit of the inner ring (IR monomer) at 3.73 angstrom resolution by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, and created an atomic model of the intact IR consisting of 192 molecules of 8 nucleoporins. In each IR monomer, the Z-shaped Nup188-Nup192 complex in the middle layer is sandwiched by two approximately parallel rhomboidal structures in the inner and outer layers, while Nup188, Nup192 and Nic96 link all subunits to constitute a relatively stable IR monomer. In contrast, the intact IR is assembled by loose and instable interactions between IR monomers. These structures, together with previously reported structural information of IR, reveal two distinct interaction modes between IR monomers and extensive flexible connections in IR assembly, providing a structural basis for the stability and malleability of IR.

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