Protein Name plastin 1
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 5357
Gene Symbol

PLS1

UniProt Q14651 (PLSI_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 88
Total Number of Articles : 61
Description

plastin 1

Gene Summary

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. The protein encoded by this gene is a third distinct plastin isoform, which is specifically expressed at high levels in the small intestine. Alternatively spliced transcript variants varying in the 5' UTR, but encoding the same protein, have been found for this gene. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome 11.[provided by RefSeq, Feb 2010]

synonyms
  • plastin-1
  • I plastin
  • fimbrin
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