AIP3

Actin interacting protein 3
AIP3
SMART accession number:SM00806
Description: Aip3p/Bud6p is a regulator of cell and cytoskeletal polarity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that was previously identified as an actin-interacting protein. Actin-interacting protein 3 (Aip3p) localizes at the cell cortex where cytoskeleton assembly must be achieved to execute polarized cell growth, and deletion of AIP3 causes gross defects in cell and cytoskeletal polarity. Aip3p localization is mediated by the secretory pathway, mutations in early- or late-acting components of the secretory apparatus lead to Aip3p mislocalization (PUBMED:10679021).
Interpro abstract (IPR005613):

This entry represents the C-terminal domain of actin interacting protein 3 (also known as Bud6 in budding yeasts). Bud6 is an actin- and formin-interacting protein. The N-terminal half of Bud6 is a microtubule binding domain required for its localisation and for its function in cortical capture of astral microtubule ends. The C-terminal half (residues 489-788) directly facilitates actin filament assembly by the formin Bni1 and is required for NPF (nucleation-promoting factor) activity. The domain represented in this entry (residues 365-776) is overlapped with the C-terminal half of Bud6 in this study [ (PUBMED:23161908) ].

GO process:regulation of actin nucleation (GO:0051125)
GO function:cytoskeletal regulatory protein binding (GO:0005519)
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There are 637 AIP3 domains in 637 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.

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