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Facts about Leupaxin.
Suppresses the integrin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin (PXN). May play a crucial role as an adapter protein in the creation of the adhesion zone in osteoclasts.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | LPXN |
Uniprot: | O60711 |
Entrez: | 9404 |
Belongs to: |
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paxillin family |
LDLP; LDPL; leupaxin
Mass (kDA):
43.332 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 11q12.1 |
Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (58526871..58578239, complement) |
Macrophages, monocytes and osteoclasts (at protein level). Strongly expressed in cells and tissues of hematopoietic origin. Highest expression in lymphoid tissues such as spleen, lymph node, thymus and appendix and in the vascular smooth muscle. Lower levels in bone marrow and fetal liver. Also expressed in peripheral blood lymphocytes and a number of hematopoietic cell lines. Very low levels found in epithelial cell lines. Expressed in prostate cancer (PCa) cells and its expression intensity is directly linked to PCa progression.
Cytoplasm. Cell junction, focal adhesion. Nucleus. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region. Cell projection, podosome. Cell membrane. Shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus. Recruited to the cell membrane following B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) cross-linking in B-cells. Enhanced focal adhesion kinase activity (PTK2/FAK) attenuates its nuclear accumulation and limits its ability to enhance serum response factor (SRF)-dependent gene transcription. Targeting to focal adhesions is essential for its tyrosine phosphorylation in response to bombesin.
PMID: 9565592 by Lipsky B.P., et al. Leupaxin is a novel LIM domain protein that forms a complex with PYK2.
PMID: 10604475 by Liu S., et al. Binding of paxillin to alpha4 integrins modifies integrin-dependent biological responses.