Capping protein (actin filament) muscle Z-line, alpha 1

Capping protein (actin filament) muscle Z-line, alpha 1

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Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
Symbols CAPZA1 ; CAPPA1; CAPZ; CAZ1
External IDs OMIM: 601580 MGI: 106227 HomoloGene: 24376 GeneCards: CAPZA1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 829 12340
Ensembl ENSG00000116489 ENSMUSG00000070372
UniProt P52907 P47753
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006135 NM_009797
RefSeq (protein) NP_006126 NP_033927
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
112.62 – 112.67 Mb
Chr 3:
104.82 – 104.86 Mb
PubMed search

F-actin-capping protein subunit alpha-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CAPZA1 gene.[1][2][3]

CAPZA1 is a member of the F-actin capping protein alpha subunit family. This gene encodes the alpha subunit of the barbed-end actin binding protein.

Function

The protein regulates growth of the actin filament by capping the barbed end (plus-end) of growing actin filaments, preventing any further assembly from occurring.[3] This protein can be bound to the lipid PIP2 preventing it from binding to actin filaments.

References

  1. Barron-Casella EA, Torres MA, Scherer SW, Heng HH, Tsui LC, Casella JF (Oct 1995). "Sequence analysis and chromosomal localization of human Cap Z. Conserved residues within the actin-binding domain may link Cap Z to gelsolin/severin and profilin protein families". J Biol Chem 270 (37): 21472–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.37.21472. PMID 7665558.
  2. Hart MC, Korshunova YO, Cooper JA (Apr 1997). "Mapping of the mouse actin capping protein alpha subunit genes and pseudogenes". Genomics 39 (3): 264–70. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4506. PMID 9119363.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: CAPZA1 capping protein (actin filament) muscle Z-line, alpha 1".

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