LCP1

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Plastin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LCP1 gene.[1]

Function

Plastins are a family of actin-binding proteins that are conserved throughout eukaryote evolution and expressed in most tissues of higher eukaryotes. In humans, two ubiquitous plastin isoforms (L and T) have been identified. Plastin 1 (otherwise known as fimbrin) is a third distinct plastin isoform which is specifically expressed at high levels in the small intestine. The L isoform is expressed only in hemopoietic cell lineages, while the T isoform has been found in all other normal cells of solid tissues that have replicative potential (fibroblasts, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, melanocytes, etc.). However, L-plastin has been found in many types of malignant human cells of non-hemopoietic origin suggesting that its expression is induced accompanying tumorigenesis in solid tissues.[2]

References

  1. Zu Y, Kohno M, Kubota I, Nishida E, Hanaoka M, Namba Y (January 1990). "Characterization of interleukin 2 stimulated 65-kilodalton phosphoprotein in human T cells". Biochemistry. 29 (4): 1055–62. doi:10.1021/bi00456a030. PMID 2111166.
  2. "Entrez Gene: LCP1 lymphocyte cytosolic protein 1 (L-plastin)".

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