Hydrophobic interactions of FG-nucleoporins are required for dilating nuclear membrane pores into selective transport channels after mitosis
Wanlu Zhang, Andrew P. Latham, Paolo Ronchi, Sebastian Schnorrenberg, Jean-Karim Hèriché, Ziqiang Huang, Catherine Sue, M. Julius Hossain, Natalia Rosalía Morero, Hannah Pflaumer, Merle Hantsche-Grininger, Yannick Schwab, Andrej Šali, Jan Ellenberg
The paper shows hydrophobic FG-nucleoporins dilate nuclear pores during mitosis, enabling nuclear import and NE reformation.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · Aug 18, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology