A recent report identifies a cellular protein that recognizes inner nuclear membrane (INM) targeting signals. This finding provides the missing link for the transport of large inner nuclear membrane proteins as they travel from the cytosolic face of the endoplasmic reticulum to the INM.
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Rexach, M. A sorting importin on Sec61. Nat Struct Mol Biol 13, 476–478 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0606-476
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