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Catenin alpha 2

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein Protein Q21113073

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
Alpha-catenin/vinculin-like superfamily, Vinculin, conserved site, protein family[2][3]
Biological process
cell differentiation, regulation of synapse structural plasticity, axonogenesis, dendrite morphogenesis, positive regulation of muscle cell differentiation, multicellular organism development, cell adhesion, radial glia guided migration of Purkinje cell, brain morphogenesis, prepulse inhibition, cytoskeleton organization, cell-cell adhesion, modification of postsynaptic actin cytoskeleton, regulation of neuron projection development, negative regulation of Arp2/3 complex-mediated actin nucleation, regulation of neuron migration
Cell component
cytoplasm, cytosol, cell projection, membrane, adherens junction, plasma membrane, axon, cell junction, basolateral plasma membrane, actin cytoskeleton, cytoskeleton, nucleus, lamellipodium, postsynaptic density, hippocampal mossy fiber to CA3 synapse, parallel fiber to Purkinje cell synapse, presynaptic active zone cytoplasmic component, extrinsic component of presynaptic membrane, extrinsic component of postsynaptic membrane, postsynaptic density, intracellular component
Encoded by
CTNNA2
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Has part(s)
Vinculin, conserved site[4]
Molecular function
structural molecule activity, actin filament binding, structural constituent of cytoskeleton, protein binding, cadherin binding, identical protein binding, cadherin binding, actin filament binding
🏷️ Also known as
en alpha-catenin-related protein en alpha-N-catenin en Alpha N-catenin en cadherin-associated protein, related en cancer/testis antigen 114 en catenin alpha-2 en Catenin alpha 2 en catenin (cadherin-associated protein), alpha 2 en CTNNA2

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Summary

Catenin alpha 2 is a protein[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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