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1 Citations 15 Q&As
1 Citations 4 Q&As
1 Citations 15 Q&As
1 Citations 15 Q&As
Facts about Fascin.
Plays a role in the organization of actin filament bundles and the formation of microspikes, membrane ruffles, and stress fibers. Important for the creation of a diverse set of cell protrusions, such as filopodia, and for cell motility and migration.
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Gene Name: | FSCN1 |
Uniprot: | Q16658 |
Entrez: | 6624 |
Belongs to: |
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fascin family |
FAN1; FAN1,55 kDa actin-bundling protein; fascin homolog 1, actin-bundling protein (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus); Fascin; FLJ38511; FSCN1; HSN; p55actin bundling protein; singed (Drosophila)-like (sea urchin fascin homolog like); singed-like (fascin homolog, sea urchin); Singed-like Protein; SNL; SNLfascin
Mass (kDA):
54.53 kDA
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Location: | 7p22.1 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (5592816..5606655) |
Ubiquitous.
Cytoplasm, cytosol. Cytoplasm, cell cortex. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, stress fiber. Cell projection, filopodium. Cell projection, invadopodium. Cell projection, microvillus. Cell junction. Colocalized with RUFY3 and F-actin at filipodia of the axonal growth cone. Colocalized with DBN1 and F-actin at the transitional domain of the axonal growth cone (By similarity).
PMID: 8068206 by Duh F.-M., et al. cDNA cloning and expression of the human homolog of the sea urchin fascin and Drosophila singed genes which encodes an actin-bundling protein.
PMID: 7933116 by Mosialos G., et al. Epstein-Barr virus infection induces expression in B lymphocytes of a novel gene encoding an evolutionarily conserved 55-kilodalton actin- bundling protein.
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