Protein
Importin subunit alpha-3
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans
Function
Essential gene for embryonic and larval development. Required for oogenic development, ima-1 and ima-2 cannot functionally compensate for loss of ima-3.
Similarity
Belongs to the importin alpha family.
Sequence
MSSNRQAYYKNNAKEQIGKEKRNEEVVSIRKDKREEAISKRRNINTQIEDDSETSTTPPGPFDANLLRLTVAAAQSSDPAEQLTAVQQARKMLSTDRNPPIDDLIGSGILPVLVQCLSSTDPNLQFEAAWALTNIASGTSEQTQAVVNAGAVPLFLQLLSCGNLNVCEQSVWALGNIIGDGPHFRDYCLELGILQPLLQFINPEIPIGFLRNVTWVIVNLCRCKDPAPSPAVVRTILPALSLLIHHQDTNILIDTVWALSYLTDGGNEHIQMVIEAQVVTHLVPLLGHVDVKVQTAALRAVGNIVTGTDEQTQLVLDSGVLRFMPGLLAHYKEKINKEAVWFVSNITAGNQQQVQDVFDAGIMPMIIHLLDRGDFPTQKEAAWAISNVTISGRPNQVEQMVKLGVLRPFCAMLSCTDSQIIQVVLDGINNILKMAGEAAEQVTSEIEECGGLDKIENLQNHENEDIYKLAFEIIDNFFSSDDETGNVEGAQSSAFGGDVPPVPDAPNGGWNFGK