GoKawiilStudy finds nuclear pore barrier proteins behave like liquids
Researchers studying the nuclear pore complex, the structure that controls molecular traffic in and out of a cell's nucleus, found that the disordered proteins forming its selective barrier move and behave like a liquid. This fluid-like motion appears to underlie how the pore filters which molecules can pass through it. The finding was published in Nature.
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Understanding the physical behavior of nuclear pore proteins could clarify how cells regulate the movement of RNA, proteins, and signaling molecules, a process essential to gene expression and cellular function. Because malfunctioning nuclear pores are linked to diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration, the liquid-like model may offer researchers a new framework for studying these disorders. It could also inform future efforts to design molecules that interact with or modulate nuclear transport.
- Nuclear pore complex proteins exhibit liquid-like movement
- This fluid behavior may explain the pore's selective filtering ability
- Findings could inform research into diseases linked to nuclear transport defects
Source: nature.com, 2026-11-11
Published there as: “Proteins that form the nuclear pore barrier move like liquids”
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