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FLII

Protein flightless-1 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FLII gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a protein with a gelsolin-like actin binding domain and an N-terminal leucine-rich repeat-protein protein interaction domain.[3] The protein is similar to a Drosophila protein involved in early embryogenesis and the structural organization of indirect flight muscle. The gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17.[2]

Interactions

Interactions

FLII has been shown to interact with LRRFIP1[4][5] and TRAF interacting protein.[6]

References

References

  1. Chen KS, Gunaratne PH, Hoheisel JD, Young IG, Miklos GL, Greenberg F, Shaffer LG, Campbell HD, Lupski JR (Feb 1995). “The human homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster flightless-I gene (flil) maps within the Smith-Magenis microdeletion critical region in 17p11.2”. Am J Hum Genet. 56 (1): 175–82. PMC 1801336. PMID 7825574.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: FLII flightless I homolog (Drosophila)”.
  3. Ghoshdastider U, Popp D, Burtnick LD, Robinson RC (2013). “The expanding superfamily of gelsolin homology domain proteins”. Cytoskeleton. 70 (11): 775–95. doi:10.1002/cm.21149. PMID 24155256.
  4. Liu, Y T; Yin H L (Apr 1998). “Identification of the binding partners for flightless I, A novel protein bridging the leucine-rich repeat and the gelsolin superfamilies”. J. Biol. Chem. UNITED STATES. 273 (14): 7920–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.14.7920. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 9525888.
  5. Fong, K S; de Couet H G (Jun 1999). “Novel proteins interacting with the leucine-rich repeat domain of human flightless-I identified by the yeast two-hybrid system”. Genomics. UNITED STATES. 58 (2): 146–57. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5817. ISSN 0888-7543. PMID 10366446.
  6. Wilson, S A; Brown E C; Kingsman A J; Kingsman S M (Aug 1998). “TRIP: a novel double stranded RNA binding protein which interacts with the leucine rich repeat of flightless I”. Nucleic Acids Res. ENGLAND. 26 (15): 3460–7. doi:10.1093/nar/26.15.3460. ISSN 0305-1048. PMC 147727. PMID 9671805.
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