Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the WASF2gene.[1]
This gene encodes a member of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family. The gene product is a protein that forms a multiprotein complex that links receptor kinases and actin. Binding to actin occurs through a C-terminal verprolin homology domain in all family members. The multiprotein complex serves to tranduce signals that involve changes in cell shape, motility or function. The published map location (PMID10381382) has been changed based on recent genomic sequence comparisons, which indicate that the expressed gene is located on chromosome 1, and a pseudogene may be located on chromosome X.[2]
↑Suetsugu S, Miki H, Takenawa T (July 1999). "Identification of two human WAVE/SCAR homologues as general actin regulatory molecules which associate with the Arp2/3 complex". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 260 (1): 296–302. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.0894. PMID10381382.
↑Miki, H; Yamaguchi H; Suetsugu S; Takenawa T (December 2000). "IRSp53 is an essential intermediate between Rac and WAVE in the regulation of membrane ruffling". Nature. England. 408 (6813): 732–5. doi:10.1038/35047107. ISSN0028-0836. PMID11130076.
Further reading
Jones GE (2000). "Cellular signaling in macrophage migration and chemotaxis". J. Leukoc. Biol. 68 (5): 593–602. PMID11073096.
Wu Y, Dowbenko D, Lasky LA (1998). "PSTPIP 2, a second tyrosine phosphorylated, cytoskeletal-associated protein that binds a PEST-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (46): 30487–96. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.46.30487. PMID9804817.
Machesky LM, Insall RH (1999). "Scar1 and the related Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein, WASP, regulate the actin cytoskeleton through the Arp2/3 complex". Curr. Biol. 8 (25): 1347–56. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(98)00015-3. PMID9889097.
Stewart DM, Tian L, Nelson DL (1999). "Mutations that cause the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome impair the interaction of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) with WASP interacting protein". J. Immunol. 162 (8): 5019–24. PMID10202051.
Banin S, Gout I, Brickell P (1999). "Interaction between Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASP) and the Fyn protein-tyrosine kinase". Mol. Biol. Rep. 26 (3): 173–7. doi:10.1023/A:1006954206151. PMID10532312.
Miki H, Yamaguchi H, Suetsugu S, Takenawa T (2001). "IRSp53 is an essential intermediate between Rac and WAVE in the regulation of membrane ruffling". Nature. 408 (6813): 732–5. doi:10.1038/35047107. PMID11130076.
Marchand JB, Kaiser DA, Pollard TD, Higgs HN (2001). "Interaction of WASP/Scar proteins with actin and vertebrate Arp2/3 complex". Nat. Cell Biol. 3 (1): 76–82. doi:10.1038/35050590. PMID11146629.
Worby CA, Simonson-Leff N, Clemens JC, et al. (2002). "Drosophila Ack targets its substrate, the sorting nexin DSH3PX1, to a protein complex involved in axonal guidance". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (11): 9422–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110172200. PMID11773052.
Miki H, Takenawa T (2002). "WAVE2 serves a functional partner of IRSp53 by regulating its interaction with Rac". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 293 (1): 93–9. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00218-8. PMID12054568.
Innocenti M, Zucconi A, Disanza A, et al. (2004). "Abi1 is essential for the formation and activation of a WAVE2 signalling complex". Nat. Cell Biol. 6 (4): 319–27. doi:10.1038/ncb1105. PMID15048123.