ID:WASL_HUMAN DESCRIPTION: RecName: Full=Neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein; Short=N-WASP; FUNCTION: Regulates actin polymerization by stimulating the actin- nucleating activity of the Arp2/3 complex. Binds to HSF1/HSTF1 and forms a complex on heat shock promoter elements (HSE) that negatively regulates HSP90 expression. SUBUNIT: Binds actin and the Arp2/3 complex. Interacts with CDC42. Binds to SH3 domains of GRB2. Interacts with the C-terminal SH3 domain of DNMBP. Interacts with SNX9. Interacts with the WW domains of PRPF40A/FBP11. Interacts with PTK2/FAK1 (By similarity). Interacts with NOSTRIN. Interacts with Shigella flexneri protein IcsA. The interaction with IcsA enhances the affinity of WASL for Arp2/3, thus assembling a tight complex which has maximal activity in actin assembly. Interacts with E.coli effector protein EspF(U). Identified in a complex containing at least WASL, BAIAP2L1 and E.coli EspF(U). Binds to TNK2. INTERACTION: P61157:ACTR3 (xeno); NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-957615, EBI-351419; P60953:CDC42; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-957615, EBI-81752; Q8R511:Fnbp1 (xeno); NbExp=2; IntAct=EBI-957615, EBI-1111424; P62993:GRB2; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-957615, EBI-401755; O60504-2:SORBS3; NbExp=2; IntAct=EBI-957615, EBI-1222956; O43516:WIPF1; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-957615, EBI-346356; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton (By similarity). Nucleus (By similarity). Note=Preferentially localized in the cytoplasm when phosphorylated and in the nucleus when unphosphorylated (By similarity). PTM: Phosphorylation at Ser-242, Tyr-256, Ser-484 and Ser-485 enhances actin polymerization activity. SIMILARITY: Contains 1 CRIB domain. SIMILARITY: Contains 1 WH1 domain. SIMILARITY: Contains 2 WH2 domains.
The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.
ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on O00401
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Orthologous Genes in Other Species
Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
BioCarta from NCI Cancer Genome Anatomy Project h_cdc42racPathway - Role of PI3K subunit p85 in regulation of Actin Organization and Cell Migration h_actinYPathway - Y branching of actin filaments h_salmonellaPathway - How does salmonella hijack a cell
Reactome (by CSHL, EBI, and GO)
Protein O00401 (Reactome details) participates in the following event(s):