Natural nucleoporins and the artificial NupX (IMAGE)

University of Groningen

Natural nucleoporins and the artificial NupX

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The team reduced the complexity of nuclear pores down to a single, artificial Nucleoporin that they call 'NupX'. This protein is based on the average properties of a class of Nucleoporins rich in the amino acid motif Glycine-Leucine-Phenylalanine-Glycine. In these simulation snapshots, each particle represents a whole amino acid.

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