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KPNA1 karyopherin subunit alpha 1 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 3836, updated on 7-Apr-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
KPNA1provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
karyopherin subunit alpha 1provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:6394
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000114030 MIM:600686; AllianceGenome:HGNC:6394
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
RCH2; SRP1; IPOA5; NPI-1
Summary
The transport of molecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells is mediated by the nuclear pore complex (NPC), which consists of 60-100 proteins. Small molecules (up to 70 kD) can pass through the nuclear pore by nonselective diffusion while larger molecules are transported by an active process. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the importin alpha family, and is involved in nuclear protein import. This protein interacts with the recombination activating gene 1 (RAG1) protein and is a putative substrate of the RAG1 ubiquitin ligase. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2012]
Expression
Ubiquitous expression in brain (RPKM 10.0), testis (RPKM 7.9) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

Location:
3q21.1
Exon count:
15
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 3 NC_000003.12 (122421902..122514939, complement)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 3 NC_060927.1 (125141131..125234261, complement)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 3 NC_000003.11 (122140749..122233786, complement)

Chromosome 3 - NC_000003.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene HNF4 motif-containing MPRA enhancer 1/2 Neighboring gene mitochondrial matrix import factor 23 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:122102840-122103340 Neighboring gene family with sequence similarity 162 member A Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 20368 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 20369 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:122134889-122135706 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr3:122135707-122136522 Neighboring gene WDR5B divergent transcript Neighboring gene WD repeat domain 5B Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 20373 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 20374 Neighboring gene MED14-independent group 3 enhancer GRCh37_chr3:122215008-122216207 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 20375 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 20376 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 14641 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC107984000 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC105374071 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 13157 Neighboring gene poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase family member 9

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Phenotypes

EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Common variants in the calcium-sensing receptor gene are associated with total serum calcium levels.
EBI GWAS Catalog

HIV-1 interactions

Replication interactions

Interaction Pubs
HIV-1 NL4-3 replication requires KPNA1 as replication is inhibited when KPNA1 is deleted through CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing PubMed

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Rev rev HIV-1 Rev interacting protein, karyopherin alpha 1 (KPNA1), is identified by the in-vitro binding experiments involving cytosolic or nuclear extracts from HeLa cells PubMed
Vpr vpr HIV-1 Vpr interacts with both karyopherin alpha 1 and alpha 2 to facilitate nuclear import of the HIV-1 preintegration complex, however conflicting reports indicate it may also be imported by other mechanisms independently of karyopherin alpha 1 and 2 PubMed
vpr CAS regulates the NPI-1-mediated nuclear entry of full-length Vpr PubMed
vpr Full-length HIV-1 Vpr is preferentially imported into nuclei by NPI-1 through its binding to the CAS-binding domain (residues 413-457) of NPI-1 PubMed
vpr A small molecule hematoxylin, which suppresses Vpr-Importin alpha interaction, blocks Vpr nuclear entry in a dose-dependent manner PubMed
vpr The nuclear import of Vpr is promoted by the addition of cytoplasmic extracts from macrophages but not of that from monocytes, and the nuclear import activity is lost with immunodepletion of importin alpha from the cytoplasmic extract PubMed
vpr HIV-1 Vpr interacts with importin-alpha through alphaH1 (residues 17-34) and alphaH2 (residues 46-74); the interaction via alphaH1 is indispensable for the nuclear entry of Vpr, and residues 393-462 of importin-alpha promote entry of Vpr into the nucleus PubMed
integrase gag-pol HIV-1 IN interacts with importin alpha by the BiFC assay and amino acids 161-173 in IN are required for the interaction with importin alpha PubMed
gag-pol HIV-1 Rev disrupts both IN-TNPO3 and IN-importin alpha complexes PubMed
gag-pol Some reports indicate a possible role for the interactions between karyopherin alpha and beta with HIV-1 integrase in the nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes (PIC), while other reports indicate integrase is not involved in PIC nuclear import PubMed
gag-pol Karyopherin alpha binds to a bipartite nuclear localization signal in HIV-1 integrase (amino acids 186-189 and 211-219) PubMed
gag-pol Karyopherin alpha and beta are reported to interact with HIV-1 integrase (IN) to facilitate nuclear import of IN, however a conflicting report indicates nuclear accumulation of IN does not involve karyopherin alpha, beta 1, or beta 2 mediated pathways PubMed
matrix gag Nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes by karyopherin alpha is governed by phosphorylation of HIV-1 Matrix on tyrosine and serine, however the exact role of phosphorylation of the C-terminal tyrosine of Matrix has been debated PubMed
gag HIV-1 Matrix increases intracellular ATP content, an effect hypothesized to support the ATP-dependent nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes by karyopherin alpha PubMed
gag HIV-1 Vpr increases the affinity of karyopherin alpha to the HIV-1 Matrix nuclear localization signal, thereby mediating the nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes PubMed
gag Hsp70 stimulates the binding of HIV-1 matrix to karyopherin alpha PubMed
gag The role of HIV-1 Matrix during nuclear import of the HIV-1 preintegration complex has been controversial, however recent understanding indicates HIV-1 Matrix and Vpr proteins act in concert to facilitate nuclear import by binding to karyopherin alpha PubMed
gag HIV-1 Matrix contains two nuclear localization signals (NLS) spanning amino acids 24-33 and 110-114 that are recognized by karyopherin alpha and mediate the nuclear import of HIV-1 preintegration complexes PubMed

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Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables nuclear import signal receptor activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables nuclear import signal receptor activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables nuclear localization sequence binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
part_of NLS-dependent protein nuclear import complex IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytoplasm TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
is_active_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 
located_in cytosol NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytosol TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
located_in dendrite ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in glutamatergic synapse IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
part_of nuclear pore TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
is_active_in nucleoplasm IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
is_active_in nucleoplasm IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in nucleoplasm IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 
located_in nucleoplasm NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
located_in nucleoplasm TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
is_active_in nucleus IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in nucleus ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in postsynaptic density IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
importin subunit alpha-5
Names
RAG cohort protein 2
SRP1-beta
importin alpha 5
importin subunit alpha-1
importin-alpha-S1
karyopherin alpha 1 (importin alpha 5)
nucleoprotein interactor 1
recombination activating gene cohort 2

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_002264.4NP_002255.3  importin subunit alpha-5

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002255.3

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) lacks an alternate exon compared to variant 2 and represents the protein-coding transcript.
    Source sequence(s)
    AC083798, BC003009, DA308391, U20620
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS3013.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    D3DN93, P52294, Q6IBQ9, Q9BQ56
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q5BKZ2
    Related
    ENSP00000343701.6, ENST00000344337.11
    Conserved Domains (3) summary
    sd00044
    Location:88116
    HEAT; HEAT repeat [structural motif]
    sd00043
    Location:128154
    ARM; armadillo repeat [structural motif]
    cl25709
    Location:33516
    Arm_3; Atypical Arm repeat

RNA

  1. NR_026698.2 RNA Sequence

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) is the longer transcript and is likely not protein-coding.
    Source sequence(s)
    AC083798, BC003009, DA308391, DN991078, U20620

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000003.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    122421902..122514939 complement
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_005247437.5XP_005247494.1  importin subunit alpha-5 isoform X1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_005247494.1

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    D3DN93, P52294, Q6IBQ9, Q9BQ56
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q5BKZ2
    Conserved Domains (3) summary
    sd00044
    Location:88116
    HEAT; HEAT repeat [structural motif]
    sd00043
    Location:128154
    ARM; armadillo repeat [structural motif]
    cl25709
    Location:33516
    Arm_3; Atypical Arm repeat
  2. XM_024453514.2XP_024309282.1  importin subunit alpha-5 isoform X1

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    D3DN93, P52294, Q6IBQ9, Q9BQ56
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q5BKZ2
    Conserved Domains (3) summary
    sd00044
    Location:88116
    HEAT; HEAT repeat [structural motif]
    sd00043
    Location:128154
    ARM; armadillo repeat [structural motif]
    cl25709
    Location:33516
    Arm_3; Atypical Arm repeat

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060927.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    125141131..125234261 complement
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054346465.1XP_054202440.1  importin subunit alpha-5 isoform X1

  2. XM_054346466.1XP_054202441.1  importin subunit alpha-5 isoform X1