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Symbol ACTN2 contributors: mct - updated : 24-03-2021
HGNC name actinin, alpha 2
HGNC id 164
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain
  • one actin-binding domain
  • two calponin homology domain
  • four spectrin repeats
  • two EF hand calcium binding domain
    • mono polymer homomer , dimer
    HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Actn2
    Homologene
    FAMILY
    CATEGORY motor/contractile
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION extracellular
        intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytosolic
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytoskeleton
    basic FUNCTION
  • playing a role in anchor actin to a variety of intracellular structures
  • association of KCNN2 channel with ACTN2 localizes the channel to the entry of external Ca(2+) source, which regulate the channel function
  • potentially participating with ACTN3 in sequestering parafibromin (HRPT2) in the cytoplasmic compartment
  • required for the functional membrane localization of a Ca2+-activated K+ channel (KCNN2)
  • major component of the Z-disk in skeletal muscle, where they crosslink actin and other structural proteins to maintain an ordered myofibrillar array
    • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • interacting with actin,the carboxyterminal region of dystrophin,the cytoplasmic tail of ADAM12, the N terminus of KCNA and KCNA5
  • direct interaction of PDLIM2 with alpha-actinins and filamin
  • physical and functional interactions between PKD2 and ACTN2 may play an important role in abnormal cell adhesion, proliferation and migration observed in ADPKD
  • CSRP3
  • interacts with rapsyn, a scaffold protein essential for neuromuscular junction formation (RAPSN-actinin interaction can be disrupted by inhibiting ABL1 and by cholinergic stimulation)
  • interacting with KCNN2 (membrane localization of KCNN2 is dependent on its interacting protein, ACTN2, a major F-actin crosslinking protein)
  • PDLIM3 binds ACTN2 in the Z-discs of muscle, and the ZASP-like motif is needed for this interaction
  • FERMT2 is a novel ACTN2-interacting protein and plays an important role in the regulation of cardiac structure and function
  • among UPR-related transcription factors, XBP1 upregulated ACTN2
    • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) CMD1AA , MYOCOZ , MPD6
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    constitutional germinal mutation      
    mutated with CSRP3 in dilated cardiomyopathy with endocardial fibroelastosis
    constitutional germinal mutation      
    in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS