Entrez gene ID | | 7791 |
Official gene symbol | | ZYX |
Full name | | zyxin |
Aliases | | ,ESP-2,HED-2, |
Gene summary | | Focal adhesions are actin-rich structures that enable cells to adhere to the extracellular matrix and at which protein complexes involved in signal transduction assemble. Zyxin is a zinc-binding phosphoprotein that concentrates at focal adhesions and along the actin cytoskeleton. Zyxin has an N-terminal proline-rich domain and three LIM domains in its C-terminal half. The proline-rich domain may interact with SH3 domains of proteins involved in signal transduction pathways while the LIM domains are likely involved in protein-protein binding. Zyxin may function as a messenger in the signal transduction pathway that mediates adhesion-stimulated changes in gene expression and may modulate the cytoskeletal organization of actin bundles. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode the same isoform. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 7 Locus: 7q32 |
Gene position | | 143078360 - 143088204 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 9845 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 602002 |
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