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- Title
SUN-domain proteins: 'Velcro' that links the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton.
- Authors
Tzur, Yonatan B; Wilson, Katherine L; Gruenbaum, Yosef
- Abstract
The novel SUN-domain family of nuclear envelope proteins interacts with various KASH-domain partners to form SUN-domain-dependent 'bridges' across the inner and outer nuclear membranes. These bridges physically connect the nucleus to every major component of the cytoskeleton. SUN-domain proteins have diverse roles in nuclear positioning, centrosome localization, germ-cell development, telomere positioning and apoptosis. By serving both as mechanical adaptors and nuclear envelope receptors, we propose that SUN-domain proteins connect cytoplasmic and nucleoplasmic activities.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2006, Vol 7, Issue 10, p782
- ISSN
1471-0072
- Publication type
Review
- DOI
10.1038/nrm2003