| Description | Ran GTPase is a ubiquitous protein required for nuclear transport, spindle assembly, nuclear assembly and mitotic cell cycle regulation. RanGTPase activating protein 1 (RanGAP1) is one of several RanGTPase accessory proteins. During interphase, RanGAP1 is located in the cytoplasm, while during mitosis it becomes associated with the kinetochores [ ]. Cytoplasmic RanGAP1 is required for RanGTPase-directed nuclear transport. The activity of RanGAP1 requires the accessory protein RanBP1. RanBP1 facilitates RanGAP1 hydrolysis of Ran-GTP, both directly and by promoting the dissociation of Ran-GTP from transport receptors, which would otherwise block RanGAP1-mediated hydrolysis. RanGAP1 is thought to bind to the Switch 1 and Switch 2 regions of RanGTPase. The Switch 2 region can be buried in complexes with karyopherin-beta2, and requires the interaction with RanBP1 to permit RanGAP1 function. RanGAP1 can undergo SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) modification, which targets RanGAP1 to RanBP2/Nup358 in the nuclear pore complex, and is required for association with the nuclear pore complex and for nuclear transport []. The enzymes involved in SUMO modification are located on the filaments of the nuclear pore complex.The RanGAP1 N-terminal domain is fairly well conserved between vertebrate and fungal proteins, but yeast does not contain the C-terminal domain. The C-terminal domain is SUMO-modified and required for the localisation of RanGAP1 at the nuclear pore complex. The structure of the C-terminal domain is multihelical, consisting of two curved α/α layers in a right-handed superhelix. | Name | Ran-GTPase activating protein 1, C-terminal |
| Short Name | Ran_GTPase_activating_1_C | Type | Domain |
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