Functional diversity of SUN and KASH domain proteins
| Localization/interaction | |||||||
| Perinuclear space | Cytoplasm | ||||||
| Organism | Nucleoplasm | SUN | KASH | Motor | Cytoskeleton | Function | References |
| C. elegans | Ce-lamin | UNC-84 | UNC-83 | Kinesin1 | MT | Nuclear migration | Starr et al., 2001; Meyerzon et al., 2009 |
| C. elegans | Ce-lamin | UNC-84 | ANC-1 | NA | Actin | Nuclear anchorage | Malone et al., 1999; Starr and Han, 2002 |
| C. elegans | Ce-lamin | SUN-1/MTF-1 | ZYG-12 | Dynein | Centrosome | Centrosome tethering at NE | Malone et al., 2003 |
| C. elegans | Ce-lamin | SUN-1/MTF-1 | ZYG-12 | Unknown | Unknown | Meiotic chromosome dynamics | Penkner et al., 2007 |
| D. melanogaster | LamDm0 | Klaroid | Klarsicht | Dynein | MT | Nuclear migration | Mosley-Bishop et al., 1999; Kracklauer et al., 2007 |
| H. sapiens | Lamin A/C-B1 | Sun1/2 | Syne-1/2 | NA | Actin | Nuclear anchorage | Grady et al., 2005; Zhang et al., 2007b; Méjat et al., 2009; Lei et al., 2009 |
| H. sapiens | Lamin A/C-B1 | Sun1/2 | Nesprin-3 | NA | Plectin | Nuclear coupling to IF | Wilhelmsen et al., 2005 |
| H. sapiens | Lamin A/C-B1 | Sun1/2 | Nesprin-4 | Kinesin1 | MT | Nuclear migration | Roux et al., 2009 |
| S. pombe | Bqt1/2 | Sad1 | Kms1/2 | Dynein | MT | Meiotic chromosome dynamics | Chikashige et al., 2006; Miki et al., 2004 |
| S. pombe | Ima1, Ndc80 | Sad1 | Kms2 | Unknown | MT | Centromere-SPB coupling | King et al., 2008 |
| S. cerevisiae | Ndj1 | Mps3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Meiotic chromosome dynamics | Conrad et al., 2008 |
| S. cerevisiae | Sir4 | Mps3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Mitotic telomere tethering at NE | Bupp et al., 2007 |
| S. cerevisiae | Unknown | Mps3 | (Mps2) | Unknown | SPB | SPB tethering at NE | Jaspersen et al., 2006 |
| Localization/interaction | |||||||
| Perinuclear space | Cytoplasm | ||||||
| Organism | Nucleoplasm | SUN | KASH | Motor | Cytoskeleton | Function | References |
| Ce-lamin | UNC-84 | UNC-83 | Kinesin1 | MT | Nuclear migration | ||
| Ce-lamin | UNC-84 | ANC-1 | NA | Actin | Nuclear anchorage | ||
| Ce-lamin | SUN-1/MTF-1 | ZYG-12 | Dynein | Centrosome | Centrosome tethering at NE | ||
| Ce-lamin | SUN-1/MTF-1 | ZYG-12 | Unknown | Unknown | Meiotic chromosome dynamics | ||
| LamDm0 | Klaroid | Klarsicht | Dynein | MT | Nuclear migration | ||
| Lamin A/C-B1 | Sun1/2 | Syne-1/2 | NA | Actin | Nuclear anchorage | ||
| Lamin A/C-B1 | Sun1/2 | Nesprin-3 | NA | Plectin | Nuclear coupling to IF | ||
| Lamin A/C-B1 | Sun1/2 | Nesprin-4 | Kinesin1 | MT | Nuclear migration | ||
| Bqt1/2 | Sad1 | Kms1/2 | Dynein | MT | Meiotic chromosome dynamics | ||
| Ima1, Ndc80 | Sad1 | Kms2 | Unknown | MT | Centromere-SPB coupling | ||
| Ndj1 | Mps3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Meiotic chromosome dynamics | ||
| Sir4 | Mps3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Mitotic telomere tethering at NE | ||
| Unknown | Mps3 | (Mps2) | Unknown | SPB | SPB tethering at NE | ||
The various physiological functions of protein networks based on SUN/KASH interactions across the NE are listed horizontally. The localization (nucleoplasm, perinuclear space, or cytoplasm) of each network components as well as the nomenclature of SUN and KASH proteins among different species are indicated. Mps2 is in parentheses because it does not contain any detectable KASH domain even though it is involved with Mps3 in SPB tethering at the NE in S. cerevisiae. MT, microtubule; NA, not applicable.