Immediate upstream to SPRY-SPRY domain forms a contiguous β-sandwich fold with two helices on each side.
Highly conserved, unique shallow binding surface is formed on the surface of β-sheet.
Peptide of DDX-4 RNA helicase binds to this surface of RanBPM.
N-terminal α1 helix resembles a nuclear export signal for the nuclear export of RanBPM and a partner.