Zyxin

Zyxin

Zyxin

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Zyxin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZYX gene.[5][6][7]

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Function

Focal adhesions are actin-rich structures that enable cells to adhere to the extracellular matrix and at which protein complexes involved in signal transduction assemble. Zyxin is a zinc-binding phosphoprotein that concentrates at focal adhesions and along the actin cytoskeleton. Zyxin has an N-terminal proline-rich domain and three LIM domains in its C-terminal half. The proline-rich domain may interact with SH3 domains of proteins involved in signal transduction pathways while the LIM domains are likely involved in protein-protein binding. Zyxin may function as a messenger in the signal transduction pathway that mediates adhesion-stimulated changes in gene expression and may modulate the cytoskeletal organization of actin bundles. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode the same isoform.[7]

Interactions

Zyxin has been shown to interact with:


References

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  4. Reinhard M, Zumbrunn J, Jaquemar D, Kuhn M, Walter U, Trueb B (May 1999). "An alpha-actinin binding site of zyxin is essential for subcellular zyxin localization and alpha-actinin recruitment". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (19): 13410–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.19.13410. PMID 10224105.
  5. Li B, Trueb B (September 2001). "Analysis of the alpha-actinin/zyxin interaction". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (36): 33328–35. doi:10.1074/jbc.M100789200. PMID 11423549.
  6. Tani K, Sato S, Sukezane T, Kojima H, Hirose H, Hanafusa H, Shishido T (June 2003). "Abl interactor 1 promotes tyrosine 296 phosphorylation of mammalian enabled (Mena) by c-Abl kinase". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (24): 21685–92. doi:10.1074/jbc.M301447200. PMID 12672821.
  7. Drees B, Friederich E, Fradelizi J, Louvard D, Beckerle MC, Golsteyn RM (July 2000). "Characterization of the interaction between zyxin and members of the Ena/vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein family of proteins". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (29): 22503–11. doi:10.1074/jbc.M001698200. PMID 10801818.
  8. Hirota T, Morisaki T, Nishiyama Y, Marumoto T, Tada K, Hara T, Masuko N, Inagaki M, Hatakeyama K, Saya H (May 2000). "Zyxin, a regulator of actin filament assembly, targets the mitotic apparatus by interacting with h-warts/LATS1 tumor suppressor". J. Cell Biol. 149 (5): 1073–86. doi:10.1083/jcb.149.5.1073. PMC 2174824. PMID 10831611.
  9. Harbeck B, Hüttelmaier S, Schluter K, Jockusch BM, Illenberger S (October 2000). "Phosphorylation of the vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein regulates its interaction with actin". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (40): 30817–25. doi:10.1074/jbc.M005066200. PMID 10882740.

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