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Schematic illustration of the import cycle of the NPC. Left: Cargo import cycle. Right: Ran cycle. See text for explanation. With the exception of GTP hydrolysis by RanGAP in the cytoplasm (red arrows), all the processes are thermodynamically reversible. Additional details are provided in Section 4.3. Adapted from [6], permission pending.
