Macrophage-capping protein

CAPG
Identifiers
AliasesCAPG, AFCP, HEL-S-66, MCP, capping actin protein, gelsolin like
External IDsOMIM: 153615; MGI: 1098259; GeneCards: CAPG
Available structures
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Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001042534
NM_001271395
NM_001271415
NM_007599

RefSeq (protein)

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 85.39 – 85.42 MbChr 6: 72.52 – 72.54 Mb
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Macrophage-capping protein (CAPG) also known as actin regulatory protein CAP-G is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CAPG gene.

Function

This gene encodes a member of the gelsolin/villin family of actin-regulatory proteins. The encoded protein reversibly blocks the barbed ends of F-actin filaments in a Ca2+ and phosphoinositide-regulated manner, but does not sever preformed actin filaments. By capping the barbed ends of actin filaments, the encoded protein contributes to the control of actin-based motility in non-muscle cells. Alternatively, spliced transcript variants have been observed, but have not been fully described.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000042493 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000056737 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ↑ Dabiri GA, Young CL, Rosenbloom J, Southwick FS (September 1992). "Molecular cloning of human macrophage capping protein cDNA. A unique member of the gelsolin/villin family expressed primarily in macrophages". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (23): 16545–16552. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)42037-6. PMID 1322908.
  6. ↑ Pellieux C, Desgeorges A, Pigeon CH, Chambaz C, Yin H, Hayoz D, et al. (July 2003). "Cap G, a gelsolin family protein modulating protective effects of unidirectional shear stress". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (31): 29136–29144. doi:10.1074/jbc.M300598200. PMID 12754261.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: CAPG capping protein (actin filament), gelsolin-like".
  8. ↑ Ghoshdastider U, Popp D, Burtnick LD, Robinson RC (November 2013). "The expanding superfamily of gelsolin homology domain proteins". Cytoskeleton. 70 (11). Hoboken, N.J.: 775–795. doi:10.1002/cm.21149. PMID 24155256. S2CID 205643538.

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