title: Nesprin isoforms: are they inside or outside the nucleus?
abstract: The giant isoforms of nesprins 1 and 2 are emerging as important players in cellular organization, particularly in the positioning of nuclei, and possibly other organelles, within the cytoplasm. The experimental evidence suggests that nesprins also occur at the inner nuclear membrane, where they interact with the nuclear lamina. In this paper, we consider whether this is consistent with current ideas about nesprin anchorage and about mechanisms for nuclear import of membrane proteins.
authors.affiliation: Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry SY10 7AG, UK. glenn.morris@rjah.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Glenn E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: K Natalie
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Randles
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C415465:SYNE1 protein, human; C485904:SYNE2 protein, human