SUN-protein-containing multivariate complex (LINC complex)

Function

• links the nucleoskeleton & cytoskeleton by providing versatile outer nuclear membrane attachment sites for cytoskeletal filaments

Structure

• subunits include: SUN domain-containing proteins SUN1 or SUN2 coupled to KASH domain-containing proteins SYNE1, SYNE2 or SYNE3 (nesprins)

More general terms

• molecular complex