The specific function of this gene has not yet been determined; however, the protein it encodes is known to be a major constituent of the ARP2/3 complex. This complex is located at the cell surface and is essential to cell shape and motility through lamellipodial actin assembly and protrusion.[2]
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Further reading
Welch MD, Iwamatsu A, Mitchison TJ (Jan 1997). "Actin polymerization is induced by Arp2/3 protein complex at the surface of Listeria monocytogenes". Nature. 385 (6613): 265–9. doi:10.1038/385265a0. PMID9000076.
Winter D, Podtelejnikov AV, Mann M, Li R (Jul 1997). "The complex containing actin-related proteins Arp2 and Arp3 is required for the motility and integrity of yeast actin patches". Current Biology. 7 (7): 519–29. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00223-5. PMID9210376.
Machesky LM, Insall RH (1999). "Scar1 and the related Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein, WASP, regulate the actin cytoskeleton through the Arp2/3 complex". Current Biology. 8 (25): 1347–56. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(98)00015-3. PMID9889097.
Suetsugu S, Miki H, Takenawa T (Jun 1999). "Identification of two human WAVE/SCAR homologues as general actin regulatory molecules which associate with the Arp2/3 complex". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 260 (1): 296–302. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.0894. PMID10381382.
May RC, Hall ME, Higgs HN, Pollard TD, Chakraborty T, Wehland J, Machesky LM, Sechi AS (Jul 1999). "The Arp2/3 complex is essential for the actin-based motility of Listeria monocytogenes". Current Biology. 9 (14): 759–62. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80337-6. PMID10421578.
Loisel TP, Boujemaa R, Pantaloni D, Carlier MF (Oct 1999). "Reconstitution of actin-based motility of Listeria and Shigella using pure proteins". Nature. 401 (6753): 613–6. doi:10.1038/44183. PMID10524632.
Higgs HN, Blanchoin L, Pollard TD (Nov 1999). "Influence of the C terminus of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) and the Arp2/3 complex on actin polymerization". Biochemistry. 38 (46): 15212–22. doi:10.1021/bi991843. PMID10563804.
Carlier MF, Nioche P, Broutin-L'Hermite I, Boujemaa R, Le Clainche C, Egile C, Garbay C, Ducruix A, Sansonetti P, Pantaloni D (Jul 2000). "GRB2 links signaling to actin assembly by enhancing interaction of neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASp) with actin-related protein (ARP2/3) complex". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (29): 21946–52. doi:10.1074/jbc.M000687200. PMID10781580.
Jay P, Bergé-Lefranc JL, Massacrier A, Roessler E, Wallis D, Muenke M, Gastaldi M, Taviaux S, Cau P, Berta P (May 2000). "ARP3beta, the gene encoding a new human actin-related protein, is alternatively spliced and predominantly expressed in brain neuronal cells". European Journal of Biochemistry / FEBS. 267 (10): 2921–8. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01306.x. PMID10806390.
Prehoda KE, Scott JA, Mullins RD, Lim WA (Oct 2000). "Integration of multiple signals through cooperative regulation of the N-WASP-Arp2/3 complex". Science. 290 (5492): 801–6. doi:10.1126/science.290.5492.801. PMID11052943.
Marchand JB, Kaiser DA, Pollard TD, Higgs HN (Jan 2001). "Interaction of WASP/Scar proteins with actin and vertebrate Arp2/3 complex". Nature Cell Biology. 3 (1): 76–82. doi:10.1038/35050590. PMID11146629.
Zhao X, Yang Z, Qian M, Zhu X (Jan 2001). "Interactions among subunits of human Arp2/3 complex: p20-Arc as the hub". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 280 (2): 513–7. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.4151. PMID11162547.
Robinson RC, Turbedsky K, Kaiser DA, Marchand JB, Higgs HN, Choe S, Pollard TD (Nov 2001). "Crystal structure of Arp2/3 complex". Science. 294 (5547): 1679–84. doi:10.1126/science.1066333. PMID11721045.
Gournier H, Goley ED, Niederstrasser H, Trinh T, Welch MD (Nov 2001). "Reconstitution of human Arp2/3 complex reveals critical roles of individual subunits in complex structure and activity". Molecular Cell. 8 (5): 1041–52. doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00393-8. PMID11741539.
Andersen JS, Lyon CE, Fox AH, Leung AK, Lam YW, Steen H, Mann M, Lamond AI (Jan 2002). "Directed proteomic analysis of the human nucleolus". Current Biology. 12 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00650-9. PMID11790298.
Kovacs EM, Goodwin M, Ali RG, Paterson AD, Yap AS (Mar 2002). "Cadherin-directed actin assembly: E-cadherin physically associates with the Arp2/3 complex to direct actin assembly in nascent adhesive contacts". Current Biology. 12 (5): 379–82. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00661-9. PMID11882288.