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Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Oct 26;1813(9):1593–1606. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.10.014

Table 6.

Nuclear import cargos of Importin-7, Importin-β/Importin-7 heterodimer and Importin-8.

Cargo Location of NLS Other Kapβs that also mediate import

Importin-7
Proline-rich homeodomain [147] Homeodomain
EZI [93] Zinc fingers 9–12
dpERK [206,207] Not determined
ERK-2 [95] 10-residue SPS region
MEK1 [95] SPS region
Smad3 [95] SPS region
HIV-1 Integrase [81,82,89,90] Residues 212-288 Importin-α/β [8587,90], -β, -β/-7, Trn-SR2 [83,84,88]
CDK5 activator p35 [76] Not determined Importin-β, -5
HIF1-α [53] PAS domain Importin-4
c-Jun [77] Residues 250-334 Kapβ2, Importin-β, -5, -9
Glucocorticoid receptor [78] Not determined Importin-α/β, Kap108p
HIV-1 Rev [79] Residues 35-46 Kapβ2, Importin-β, -5
rPL23a [50] Residues 32-74 Kapβ2, Importin-α/β, -β, -5
rPS7, rPL5 [50] Not determined Kapβ2, Importin-α/β, -β, -5
H2A, H2B, H3, H4 [67,68] Not determined Kapβ2, Importin-α/β (H2B only), -β, -5, -9

Importin-β/-7 heterodimer
H1 [54,91] Full length protein
HIV-1 Integrase [81,82,89,90] Importin-α/β [85-87], -β, -7, Trn-SR2 [83,84,88]
Adenovirus core protein pVII [80] Residues 82-198 Kapβ2, Importin-α/β, -β, -7
rPL6 [54] Importin-β, -7, -9
rPL4 [54] Importin-β, -9
rPS3a [54] Importin-4, -5

Importin-8
Ago2 [97]
Smad4 [96] Includes residues 1-63
Smad1 [96]
NPM-ALK [99] Kapβ2
SRP19 [98] Kapβ2, Importin-8;-β, -5, -7 (weak)