Archaeal ribosomal proteins possess nuclear localization signal-type motifs: implications for the origin of the cell nucleus
S. V. Melnikov, H. S. Kwok, K. Manakongtreecheep, A. van den Elzen, C. C. Thoreen, D. Soll
The paper identifies NLS-type motifs in archaeal ribosomal proteins, showing they can functionally substitute eukaryotic NLSs and suggesting NLSs predate the nucleus.
bioRxiv · Jun 14, 2019Evolutionary Biology