Nucleoporin NUP159 (NUP159) is a 1460-residue protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c). This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: P40477.
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The mean pLDDT of this model is 58.1 (low overall). pLDDT is AlphaFold's per-residue confidence score from 0 to 100. In MolViewer, choose the B-factor color scheme to color the model by pLDDT, because AlphaFold stores it in the B-factor column.
| pLDDT band | Meaning | Share of residues |
|---|---|---|
| Above 90 | Very high: backbone and side chains are usually accurate | 23% |
| 70 to 90 | Confident: backbone generally right | 17% |
| 50 to 70 | Low: treat with caution | 5% |
| Below 50 | Very low: often disordered regions | 55% |
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Functions as a component of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). NPC components, collectively referred to as nucleoporins (NUPs), can play the role of both NPC structural components and of docking or interaction partners for transiently associated nuclear transport factors. Active directional transport is assured by both, a Phe-Gly (FG) repeat affinity gradient for these transport factors across the NPC and a transport cofactor concentration gradient across the nuclear envelope (GSP1 and GSP2 GTPases associated predominantly with GTP in the nucleus, with GDP in the cytoplasm). NUP159 plays an important role in several nuclear export pathways including poly(A)+ RNA, pre-ribosome, and protein…
Component of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) (PubMed:17546040). NPC constitutes the exclusive means of nucleocytoplasmic transport. NPCs allow the passive diffusion of ions and small molecules and the active, nuclear transport receptor-mediated bidirectional transport of macromolecules such as proteins, RNAs, ribonucleoparticles (RNPs), and ribosomal subunits across the nuclear envelope. Due to…
Nucleus, nuclear pore complex, Nucleus membrane
Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:
| PDB ID | Method | Resolution | Chains and residues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4DS1 | X-ray | 1.85 Å | B/D=1116-1126 |
| 1XIP | X-ray | 2.5 Å | A=2-387 |
| 3PBP | X-ray | 2.6 Å | C/F/I/L=1425-1460 |
| 3RRM | X-ray | 2.88 Å | C=2-387 |
| 3TKN | X-ray | 3.4 Å | B/E/H=1425-1460 |
| 7N9F | EM | 37.0 Å | w/x=1-1460 |
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