Combining with a nuclear export signal (NES) on a cargo to be transported, to mediate transport of a the cargo through the nuclear pore, from the nuclear lumen to the cytoplasm. The cargo can be either a RNA or a protein.
nuclear import signal receptor activity
Synonyms
Exact Synonyms:
NES receptor
Narrow Synonyms:
importin-alpha export receptor activity
Related Synonyms:
exportin activity
;
importin-alpha binding
Alternate IDs:
GO:0008262
Xrefs:
Reactome:R-HSA-178215 "SMAD7:SMURF1 complex is exported to the cytosol"