Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines

Abstract To understand the structure and function of large molecular machines, accurate knowledge of their stoichiometry is essential. In this study, we developed an integrated targeted proteomics and super‐resolution microscopy approach to determine the absolute stoichiometry of the human nuclear p...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Ori, Niccolò Banterle, Murat Iskar, Amparo Andrés‐Pons, Claudia Escher, Huy Khanh Bui, Lenore Sparks, Victor Solis‐Mezarino, Oliver Rinner, Peer Bork, Edward A Lemke, Martin Beck
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Published: Springer Nature 2013-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2013.4
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Niccolò Banterle
Murat Iskar
Amparo Andrés‐Pons
Claudia Escher
Huy Khanh Bui
Lenore Sparks
Victor Solis‐Mezarino
Oliver Rinner
Peer Bork
Edward A Lemke
Martin Beck
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Niccolò Banterle
Murat Iskar
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Claudia Escher
Huy Khanh Bui
Lenore Sparks
Victor Solis‐Mezarino
Oliver Rinner
Peer Bork
Edward A Lemke
Martin Beck
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description Abstract To understand the structure and function of large molecular machines, accurate knowledge of their stoichiometry is essential. In this study, we developed an integrated targeted proteomics and super‐resolution microscopy approach to determine the absolute stoichiometry of the human nuclear pore complex (NPC), possibly the largest eukaryotic protein complex. We show that the human NPC has a previously unanticipated stoichiometry that varies across cancer cell types, tissues and in disease. Using large‐scale proteomics, we provide evidence that more than one third of the known, well‐defined nuclear protein complexes display a similar cell type‐specific variation of their subunit stoichiometry. Our data point to compositional rearrangement as a widespread mechanism for adapting the functions of molecular machines toward cell type‐specific constraints and context‐dependent needs, and highlight the need of deeper investigation of such structural variants.
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spelling doaj-art-d19969a76d3b45278d9f800f429e461a2025-08-20T03:06:13ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922013-03-019111110.1038/msb.2013.4Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machinesAlessandro Ori0Niccolò Banterle1Murat Iskar2Amparo Andrés‐Pons3Claudia Escher4Huy Khanh Bui5Lenore Sparks6Victor Solis‐Mezarino7Oliver Rinner8Peer Bork9Edward A Lemke10Martin Beck11Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryBiognosys AGStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryBiognosys AGStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryStructural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology LaboratoryAbstract To understand the structure and function of large molecular machines, accurate knowledge of their stoichiometry is essential. In this study, we developed an integrated targeted proteomics and super‐resolution microscopy approach to determine the absolute stoichiometry of the human nuclear pore complex (NPC), possibly the largest eukaryotic protein complex. We show that the human NPC has a previously unanticipated stoichiometry that varies across cancer cell types, tissues and in disease. Using large‐scale proteomics, we provide evidence that more than one third of the known, well‐defined nuclear protein complexes display a similar cell type‐specific variation of their subunit stoichiometry. Our data point to compositional rearrangement as a widespread mechanism for adapting the functions of molecular machines toward cell type‐specific constraints and context‐dependent needs, and highlight the need of deeper investigation of such structural variants.https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2013.4fluorophore countingnucleoporinprotein complex‐based analysissuper‐resolution microscopytargeted proteomics
spellingShingle Alessandro Ori
Niccolò Banterle
Murat Iskar
Amparo Andrés‐Pons
Claudia Escher
Huy Khanh Bui
Lenore Sparks
Victor Solis‐Mezarino
Oliver Rinner
Peer Bork
Edward A Lemke
Martin Beck
Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines
Molecular Systems Biology
fluorophore counting
nucleoporin
protein complex‐based analysis
super‐resolution microscopy
targeted proteomics
title Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines
title_full Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines
title_fullStr Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines
title_full_unstemmed Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines
title_short Cell type‐specific nuclear pores: a case in point for context‐dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines
title_sort cell type specific nuclear pores a case in point for context dependent stoichiometry of molecular machines
topic fluorophore counting
nucleoporin
protein complex‐based analysis
super‐resolution microscopy
targeted proteomics
url https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2013.4
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