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Facts about Protein diaphanous homolog 2.
Implicated in a novel signal transduction pathway, where isoform 3 and CSK are sequentially activated by RHOD to regulate the motility of early endosomes through interactions with the actin cytoskeleton. .
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Gene Name: | DIAPH2 |
Uniprot: | O60879 |
Entrez: | 1730 |
Belongs to: |
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formin homology family |
DIA2; DIAdiaphanous (Drosophila, homolog) 2; DIAPH2; DIAPH-2; diaphanous homolog 2 (Drosophila); Diaphanous-related formin-2; diaphorase-2; DRF2; POF; POF2; POF2FLJ11167; protein diaphanous homolog 2
Mass (kDA):
125.569 kDA
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Location: | Xq21.33 |
Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (96684663..97604997) |
Expressed in testis, ovary, small intestine, prostate, lung, liver, kidney and leukocytes.
[Isoform 3]: Cytoplasm, cytosol. Early endosome. Isoform 3 is cytosolic but when coexpressed with RHOD, the 2 proteins colocalize to early endosomes.
PMID: 9497258 by Bione S., et al. A human homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster diaphanous gene is disrupted in a patient with premature ovarian failure: evidence for conserved function in oogenesis and implications for human sterility.
PMID: 12577064 by Gasman S., et al. RhoD regulates endosome dynamics through diaphanous-related formin and Src tyrosine kinase.