Biology:Alpha-actinin-4

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Alpha-actinin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACTN4 gene.[1]

Alpha actinins belong to the spectrin gene superfamily which represents a diverse group of cytoskeletal proteins, including the alpha and beta spectrins and dystrophins. Alpha actinin is an actin-binding protein with multiple roles in different cell types. In nonmuscle cells, the cytoskeletal isoform is found along microfilament bundles and adherens-type junctions, where it is involved in binding actin to the membrane. In contrast, skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle isoforms are localized to the Z-disc and analogous dense bodies, where they help anchor the myofibrillar actin filaments. This gene encodes a nonmuscle, alpha actinin isoform which is concentrated in the cytoplasm, and thought to be involved in metastatic processes. Mutations in this gene have been associated with focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.[1]

Interactions

Alpha-actinin-4 has been shown to interact with PDLIM1,[2][3] Sodium-hydrogen exchange regulatory cofactor 2,[4] Collagen, type XVII, alpha 1,[5] CAMK2A,[6] CAMK2B,[6] MAGI1[7] and TRIM3.[8]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: ACTN4 actinin, alpha 4". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=81. 
  2. Rual, Jean-François; Venkatesan Kavitha; Hao Tong; Hirozane-Kishikawa Tomoko; Dricot Amélie; Li Ning; Berriz Gabriel F; Gibbons Francis D et al. (Oct 2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature (England) 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID 16189514. Bibcode2005Natur.437.1173R. 
  3. Vallenius, T; Luukko K; Mäkelä T P (Apr 2000). "CLP-36 PDZ-LIM protein associates with nonmuscle alpha-actinin-1 and alpha-actinin-4". J. Biol. Chem. (UNITED STATES) 275 (15): 11100–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.15.11100. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 10753915. 
  4. Kim, Jae Ho; Lee-Kwon Whaseon; Park Jong Bae; Ryu Sung Ho; Yun C H Chris; Donowitz Mark (Jun 2002). "Ca(2+)-dependent inhibition of Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (NHE3) requires an NHE3-E3KARP-alpha-actinin-4 complex for oligomerization and endocytosis". J. Biol. Chem. (United States) 277 (26): 23714–24. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200835200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 11948184. 
  5. Gonzalez, A M; Otey C; Edlund M; Jones J C (Dec 2001). "Interactions of a hemidesmosome component and actinin family members". J. Cell Sci. (England) 114 (Pt 23): 4197–206. doi:10.1242/jcs.114.23.4197. ISSN 0021-9533. PMID 11739652. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/d217qz52s. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Walikonis, R S; Oguni A; Khorosheva E M; Jeng C J; Asuncion F J; Kennedy M B (Jan 2001). "Densin-180 forms a ternary complex with the (alpha)-subunit of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and (alpha)-actinin". J. Neurosci. (United States) 21 (2): 423–33. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-02-00423.2001. PMID 11160423. 
  7. Patrie, Kevin M; Drescher Andrew J; Welihinda Ajith; Mundel Peter; Margolis Ben (Aug 2002). "Interaction of two actin-binding proteins, synaptopodin and alpha-actinin-4, with the tight junction protein MAGI-1". J. Biol. Chem. (United States) 277 (33): 30183–90. doi:10.1074/jbc.M203072200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12042308. 
  8. El-Husseini, A E; Kwasnicka D; Yamada T; Hirohashi S; Vincent S R (Jan 2000). "BERP, a novel ring finger protein, binds to alpha-actinin-4". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (UNITED STATES) 267 (3): 906–11. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.2045. ISSN 0006-291X. PMID 10673389. 

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