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. 2022 Jun 20;10:885394. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.885394

TABLE 4.

Summary of representative localization signals.

Localization Signal
Localization Signal Location Sensor Name References
Nuclear export signal (NES) Cytosol EKAREV Komatsu et al. (2011)
Nuclear localization signal (NLS) Nuclear JNKAR1EV-NLS Kim et al. (2020)
Histone H3 Histone H3 H3K9me3 Biosensor Peng et al. (2018)
Mitochondrial targeting sequence (MTS) Mitochondrial matrix mito-ZifCY1.173 Park et al. (2012)
C-terminal sequence of Bcl-xl Mitochondrial outer membrane Daglas-mit1 Sato et al. (2006)
Leader sequence from the second mitochondria derived activator of caspases (SMAC) Mitochondrial intermembrane region SMAC-mCherry-GZnP2 Fudge et al. (2018)
Lyn acylation substrate sequences Lipid raft Lyn-Src biosensor Seong et al. (2009)
K-Ras prenylation sequences Nonraft Kras-Src biosensor Seong et al. (2009)
PH and PTB domain of IRS-1 IRS-1 Phocus-2ppnes Sato et al. (2002)
Igκ-chain leader sequence and PDGFR transmembrane domain Extracellular region MT1-MMP biosensor Ouyang et al. (2008)
eNOS targeting domain Golgi apparatus eNOS-Aktus Sasaki et al. (2003)
Calreticulin signal sequence (CRsig) and ER retention sequence (KDEL) Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) ER Ca2+ sensor Kim et al. (2017)