Protein Domain : IPR028133

Type:  Family Name:  Dynamitin
Description:  Dynactin is a multiprotein complex necessary for the function of microtubule motor protein dynein. The dynein-dynactin complex is involved in a variety of cellular events, including membrane vesicle transport, mitotic spindle assembly and centrosome separation [, , ].Dynamitin (dynactin subunit 2, DCTN2) is a subunit of the dynactin complex. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae it is also known as Jnm1. Dynactin contains two distinct structural domains: a projecting sidearm that interacts with dynein and an actin-like minifilament backbone that is thought to bind cargo. Dynamitin holds together both structural domains []. Dynamitin is implicated in cell adhesion by binding to macrophage-enriched myristoylated alanine-rice C kinase substrate (MacMARCKS) []. In mice, DCTN2 is involved in anchoring microtubules to centrosomes and may play a role in synapse formation during brain development []. Short Name:  Dynamitin

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1 Cross References

Identifier
PTHR15346:SF0

0 Found In

3 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0007017 IPR028133
GO:0007067 IPR028133
GO:0005869 IPR028133

3 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0007017 IPR028133
GO:0007067 IPR028133
GO:0005869 IPR028133

0 Parent Features

0 Proteins

6 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            12082093
            9144527
            19935668
            9522459
            10047518
            10525537