The nuclear pore complex is a massive structure that extends across the nuclear envelope, forming a gateway that regulates the flow of macromolecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Nucleoporins are the main components of the nuclear pore complex in eukaryotic cells. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the FG-repeat containing nucleoporins and is localized to the nuclear pore central plug. This protein associates with the importin alpha/beta complex which is involved in the import of proteins containing nuclear localization signals. Multiple transcript variants of this gene encode a single protein isoform. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
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A study in rats demonstrated that the NUP62 was significantly altered in expression on day 1 and day 2 following a 20% total body surface area burn injury, as part of a comprehensive gene expression profiling analysis in liver tissue [Jayaraman et al. DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2007.05.025]. A study in mice demonstrated that chronic methamphetamine administration significantly dysregulates the NUP62 within the mitophagy pathway in cortical microglia, as revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing analysis [Oladapo et al. DOI:10.3390/Ijms26020649].