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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Mol Bioeng. 2011 Jun 1;2(4):138–147. doi: 10.1007/s12195-011-0161-3

TABLE 1.

The sequences of various subcellular targeting signals.

Target site Amino acids sequences Location References
Nucleus localization signal PKKKRKVEDA C-terminal [17]
Nucleus export signal LPPLERLTL C-terminal [51]
Endoplasmic reticulum MLLPVLLLGLLGAAAD N-terminal [29]
KDEL C-terminal
Mitochondria MAIQLRSLFPLALPGMLALLGWWWFFSRKK N-terminal [17]
Outer plasma membrane AVGQDTQEVIVVPHSLPFKVVVISAILALVVLTIISLIILIMLWEKKPR C-terminal [40]
Lipid rafts inside plasma membrane MGCIKSKRKDNLNDDE N-terminal [18,47]
Non-Lipid rafts inside plasma membrane KKKKKKSKTKCVIM C-terminal [18,47]