Protein: SYNP2_HUMAN
Sequence: MGTGDFICISMTGGAPWGFRLQGGKEQKQPLQVAKIRNQSKASGSGLCEGDEVVSINGNPCADLTYPEVIKLMESITDSLQMLIKRPSSGISEALISENENKNLEHLTHGGYVESTTLQIRPATKTQCTEFFLAPVKTEVPLAENQRSGPDCAGSLKEETGPSYQRAPQMPDSQRGRVAEELILREKVEAVQPGPVVELQLSLSQERHKGASGPLVALPGAEKSKSPDPDPNLSHDRIVHINSIPTNEKADPFLRSSKIIQISSGRELRVIQESEAGDAGLPRVEVILDCSDRQKTEGCRLQAGKECVDSPVEGGQSEAPPSLVSFAVSSEGTEQGEDPRSEKDHSRPHKHRARHARLRRSESLSEKQVKEAKSKCKSIALLLTDAPNPNSKGVLMFKKRRRRARKYTLVSYGTGELEREADEEEEGDKEDTCEVAFLGASESEVDEELLSDVDDNTQVVNFDWDSGLVDIEKKLNRGDKMEMLPDTTGKGALMFAKRRERMDQITAQKEEDKVGGTPSREQDAAQTDGLRTTTSYQRKEEESVRTQSSVSKSYIEVSHGLGHVPQQNGFSGTSETANIQRMVPMNRTAKPFPGSVNQPATPFSPTRNMTSPIADFPAPPPYSAVTPPPDAFSRGVSSPIAGPAQPPPWPQPAPWSQPAFYDSSERIASRDERISVPAKRTGILQEAKRRSTTKPMFTFKEPKVSPNPELLSLLQNSEGKRGTGAGGDSGPEEDYLSLGAEACNFMQSSSAKQKTPPPVAPKPAVKSSSSQPVTPVSPVWSPGVAPTQPPAFPTSNPSKGTVVSSIKIAQPSYPPARPASTLNVAGPFKGPQAAVASQNYTPKPTVSTPTVNAVQPGAVGPSNELPGMSGRGAQLFAKRQSRMEKYVVDSDTVQAHAARAQSPTPSLPASWKYSSNVRAPPPVAYNPIHSPSYPLAALKSQPSAAQPSKMGKKKGKKPLNALDVMKHQPYQLNASLFTFQPPDAKDGLPQKSSVKVNSALAMKQALPPRPVNAASPTNVQASSVYSVPAYTSPPSFFAEASSPVSASPVPVGIPTSPKQESASSSYFVAPRPKFSAKKSGVTIQVWKPSVVEE
What is the function of this protein?
Involved in regulation of cell migration in part dependent on the Rho-ROCK cascade; can promote formation of nascent focal adhesions, actin bundles at the leading cell edge and lamellipodia (PubMed:22915763, PubMed:25883213).  Can induce formation of thick, irregular actin bundles in the cell body; the induced actin network is associated with enhanced cell migration in vitro.
What are the official names of this protein?
Synaptopodin-2, Genethonin-2, Myopodin.
What is the protein family that this protein belongs to?
Belongs to the synaptopodin family.
What are the subcellular locations of this protein?
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, myofibril, sarcomere, Z line. Cell junction, focal adhesion. Note=Shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in a differentiation-dependent and stress-induced fashion. In undifferentiated myoblasts strongly expressed in the nucleus, after induction of myotube differentiation is located to both nucleus and cytoplasm along acting filaments, and in differentiated myotubes is located at the Z lines. Upon stress redistributes from cytoplasm of myoblasts and myotubes to the nucleus. Nuclear import is KPNA2-dependent and promoted by phosphorylation by PKA and/or CaMK2, and inhibition of calcineurin. The nuclear export is XPO1-dependent (By similarity). Localized in a fiber-like pattern, partly overlapping with filamentous actin (PubMed:18371299). SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Note=Localizes to induced actin bundles with contiguous staining. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 2]: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Note=Localizes to induced actin bundles with punctuate staining. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 3]: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Note=Localizes to induced irregular actin bundles with contiguous and punctuated staining. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 4]: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Note=Localizes to induced actin bundles with punctuate staining. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 5]: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Note=Localizes to induced actin bundles with contiguous staining.