WIPF2

WAS/WASL interacting protein family, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols WIPF2 ; WICH; WIRE
External IDs OMIM: 609692 MGI: 1924462 HomoloGene: 15777 GeneCards: WIPF2 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 147179 68524
Ensembl ENSG00000171475 ENSMUSG00000038013
UniProt Q8TF74 Q6PEV3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_133264 NM_197940
RefSeq (protein) NP_573571 NP_922922
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
40.22 – 40.28 Mb
Chr 11:
98.86 – 98.91 Mb
PubMed search

WAS/WASL-interacting protein family member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WIPF2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a WASP interacting protein (WIP)-related protein. It has been shown that this protein has a role in the WASP-mediated organization of the actin cytoskeleton and that this protein is a potential link between the activated platelet-derived growth factor receptor and the actin polymerization machinery.[3]

References

  1. Aspenstrom P (Sep 2002). "The WASP-binding protein WIRE has a role in the regulation of the actin filament system downstream of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor". Exp Cell Res 279 (1): 21–33. doi:10.1006/excr.2002.5576. PMID 12213210.
  2. Kato M, Miki H, Kurita S, Endo T, Nakagawa H, Miyamoto S, Takenawa T (Feb 2002). "WICH, a novel verprolin homology domain-containing protein that functions cooperatively with N-WASP in actin-microspike formation". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 291 (1): 41–7. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2002.6406. PMID 11829459.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: WIPF2 WAS/WASL interacting protein family, member 2".

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