Type: | Family | Name: | Afadin/alpha-actinin-binding |
Description: | This family is found in mammals where it is localised at cell-cell adherens junctions [], and in Sch. pombe and other fungi where it anchors spindle-pole bodies to spindle microtubules []. It is a coiled-coil structure, and in pombe, it is required for anchoring the minus end of spindle microtubules to the centrosome equivalent, the spindle-pole body. The name ADIP derives from the family being composed of Afadin- and alpha -Actinin-Binding Proteins Localised at Cell-Cell Adherens Junctions. | Short Name: | Afadin/alpha-actinin-bd |