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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 July 2020
Recent initiatives have resulted in a considerable increase in our understanding of the structure of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). The biochemical factors involved in both import and export have been rapidly characterised, with steady progress in the molecular dissection of the structural elements of the NPC, which is a unit of considerable molecular architecture (MW 125 kD), comprising an estimated 50- 100 different proteins. Despite this progress, the crucial molecular interactions involved in the mechanics of transport through the central transporter of the NPC remain unclear. NPC structure in Diptera, fish, (Fig 1) amphibians, birds and mammals shows a high degree of evolutionary conservation. 3D reconstructions of isolated yeast NPCs, show that the core structure is very similar to ‘higher’ organisms, but peripheral structures may be considerably reduced in structural complexity (1).
Individual NPC components have been accessed in FEISEM by a variety of methods, including proteolysis,
