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. 2021 Mar 15;32(6):467–469. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E20-11-0694

TABLE 1:

NES consensus sequences.

Class Consensusa Number of residues between Φs Select cargoes that bind CRM1 using this consensusb (NES ID in NESdb)
1a Φ1XXXΦ2XXΦ3XΦ4 3-2-1 PKI (5), MEK1 (11), HDAC5c (61), Paxillin (136), 4E-T (233)
1b Φ1XXΦ2XXΦ3XΦ4 2-2-1
1c Φ1XXXΦ2XXXΦ3XΦ4 3-3-1 SNUPN (1)
1d Φ1XXΦ2XXXΦ3XΦ4 2-3-1
2 Φ1XΦ2XXΦ3XΦ4 1-2-1 HIV-Rev (2), SMAD4 (18), FMRP (22)
3 Φ1XXΦ2XXXΦ3XXΦ4 2-3-2 mDia2 (77), CDC7 (197)
4 Φ1XXXΦ2XXΦ3XXXΦ4 3-2-3 X11L2 (141)
1a-R Φ1XΦ2XXΦ3XXXΦ4 1-2-3 hRio2 (153), CPEB4 (198)
1b-R Φ1XΦ2XXΦ3XXΦ4 1-2-2
1c-R Φ1XΦ2XXXΦ3XXXΦ4 1-3-3
1d-R Φ1XΦ2XXXΦ3XXΦ4 1-3-2

aΦ is Leu, Val, Ile, Phe, or Met and X is any amino acid.

bSome NES sequences match multiple consensus patterns. CRM1-bound crystal structures of the NESs noted here reveal the correct consensus classes (Dong et al., 2009; Monecke et al., 2009; Guttler et al., 2010; Koyama et al., 2014; Fung et al., 2015, 2017; Baumhardt et al., 2020).

cUses a Thr instead of Val as Φ1 (Fung et al., 2017).