PLS3

Function

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. Plastin 1 (otherwise known as Fimbrin) is a third distinct plastin isoform which is specifically expressed at high levels in the small intestine. The L isoform is expressed only in hemopoietic cell lineages, while the T isoform has been found in all other normal cells of solid tissues that have replicative potential (fibroblasts, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, melanocytes, etc.). The C-terminal 570 amino acids of the T-plastin and L-plastin proteins are 83% identical. It contains a potential calcium-binding site near the N-terminus.[6]

Clinical significance

Defects in PLS3 are associated with osteoporosis and bone fracture in humans and in knockout zebrafish.[7]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000102024 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000016382 - Ensembl, May 2017
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  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Lin CS, Park T, Chen ZP, Leavitt J (Mar 1993). "Human plastin genes. Comparative gene structure, chromosome location, and differential expression in normal and neoplastic cells". J Biol Chem. 268 (4): 2781–92. PMID 8428952.
  6. "Entrez Gene: PLS3 plastin 3 (T isoform)".
  7. van Dijk FS, Zillikens MC, Micha D, Riessland M, Marcelis CL, de Die-Smulders CE, Milbradt J, Franken AA, Harsevoort AJ, Lichtenbelt KD, et al. (October 2013). "PLS3 Mutations in X-Linked Osteoporosis with Fractures". N. Engl. J. Med. 369 (16): 1529–36. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.713.901. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1308223. PMID 24088043.

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