Xirp2

Summary

Gene Symbol: Xirp2
Description: xin actin-binding repeat containing 2
Alias: Cmya3, LACS, xin actin-binding repeat-containing protein 2, L-NAME induced actin cytoskeletal protein, beta-xin, cardiomyopathy associated 3, cardiomyopathy-associated protein 3
Species: rat

Top Publications

  1. Pacholsky D, Vakeel P, Himmel M, Lowe T, Stradal T, Rottner K, et al. Xin repeats define a novel actin-binding motif. J Cell Sci. 2004;117:5257-68 pubmed
    ..Very similar repeats were also found in 'Xin-repeat protein 2' (XIRP2), a novel protein that seems to be expressed mainly in striated muscles...
  2. Huang H, Brand O, Mathew M, Ignatiou C, Ewen E, McCalmon S, et al. Myomaxin is a novel transcriptional target of MEF2A that encodes a Xin-related alpha-actinin-interacting protein. J Biol Chem. 2006;281:39370-9 pubmed
    ..Myomaxin is the mouse ortholog of a partial human cDNA of unknown function named cardiomyopathy associated gene 3 (CMYA3)...
  3. Wang Q, Lin J, Reinking B, Feng H, Chan F, Lin C, et al. Essential roles of an intercalated disc protein, mXinbeta, in postnatal heart growth and survival. Circ Res. 2010;106:1468-78 pubmed publisher