An importin is a protein involved in selective import through a nuclear pore complex.
It recognizes suitable cargo directly or through adaptors and participates in passage through the selective pore environment. Directionality depends on the Ran nucleotide cycle and compartment-specific interactions rather than on a permanently one-way opening. [ref]

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