Tbio WHAMM WASP homolog-associated protein with actin, membranes and microtubules

Protein Summary

Description

Acts as a nucleation-promoting factor (NPF) that stimulates Arp2/3-mediated actin polymerization both at the Golgi apparatus and along tubular membranes. Its activity in membrane tubulation requires F-actin and interaction with microtubules. Proposed to use coordinated actin-nucleating and microtubule-binding activities of distinct WHAMM molecules to drive membrane tubule elongation; when MT-bound can recruit and remodel membrane vesicles but is prevented to activate the Arp2/3 complex. Involved as a regulator of Golgi positioning and morphology. Participates in vesicle transport between the reticulum endoplasmic and the Golgi complex. Required for RhoD-dependent actin reorganization such as in cell adhesion and cell migration. This gene encodes a protein that plays a role in actin nucleation, Golgi membrane association and microtubule binding. The encoded protein is a nucleation-promoting factor that regulates the Actin-related protein 2/3 complex. The activated complex initiates growth of new actin filaments by binding to existing actin filaments. The encoded protein also functions in regulation of transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi complex and in maintenance of the Golgi complex near the centrosome. Four pseudogenes of this gene are present on the same arm of chromosome 15 as this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2013]

Uniprot Accession IDs

• Q8TF30
• Q8N1J9

Gene Name

• WHAMM

Ensembl ID

• ENST00000286760
• ENSP00000286760
• ENSG00000156232

Symbol

• KIAA1971
• WHDC1
• WHDC1
• WHAMM1

Knowledge Table

Most Knowledge About	Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
virus perturbation	0.94
cellular component	0.71
transcription factor binding site profile	0.65
cell type or tissue	0.62
tissue sample	0.6

Protein Classes

No PANTHER Classes or DTO Classes found

IDG Development Level Summary

Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 19.14   (req: < 5)

Gene RIFs: 6   (req: <= 3)

Antibodies: 27   (req: <= 50)

Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 19.14   (req: >= 5)

Gene RIFs: 6   (req: > 3)

Antibodies: 27   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 13

Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 0

Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0