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Facts about Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family member 2.
Part of the WAVE complex that regulates lamellipodia formation. The WAVE complex regulates actin filament reorganization via its interaction with the Arp2/3 complex.
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Gene Name: | WASF2 |
Uniprot: | Q9Y6W5 |
Entrez: | 10163 |
Belongs to: |
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SCAR/WAVE family |
IMD2; Protein WAVE-2; SCAR2suppressor of cyclic-AMP receptor (WASP-family); Verprolin homology domain-containing protein 2; WAS protein family, member 2; WASP family Verprolin-homologous protein 2; WAVE2dJ393P12.2; wiskWASP family protein member 2
Mass (kDA):
54.284 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p36.11 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (27404230..27490167, complement) |
Expressed in all tissues with strongest expression in placenta, lung, and peripheral blood leukocytes, but not in skeletal muscle.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell projection, lamellipodium. At the interface between the lamellipodial actin meshwork and the membrane.
PMID: 10381382 by Suetsugu S., et al. Identification of two human WAVE/SCAR homologues as general actin regulatory molecules which associate with the Arp2/3 complex.
PMID: 11130076 by Miki H., et al. IRSp53 is an essential intermediate between Rac and WAVE in the regulation of membrane ruffling.