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Protein Domain : IPR018980

Name  FERM, C-terminal PH-like domain Short Name  FERM_PH-like_C
Type  Domain Description  The FERM domain (F for 4.1 protein, E for ezrin, R for radixin and M for moesin) is a widespread protein module involved in localising proteins to the plasma membrane []. FERM domains are found in a number of cytoskeletal-associated proteins that associate with various proteins at the interface between the plasma membrane and the cytoskeleton. The FERM domain is located at the N terminus of the majority of FERM-containing proteins [, ], which includes: Band 4.1, which links the spectrin-actin cytoskeleton of erythrocytes to the plasma membrane.Ezrin, a component of the undercoat of the microvilli plasma membrane.Moesin, which is probably involved in binding major cytoskeletal structures to the plasma membrane.Radixin, which is involved in the binding of the barbed end of actin filaments to the plasma membrane in the undercoat of the cell- to-cell adherens junction.Talin, a cytoskeletal protein concentrated in regions of cell-substratum contact and, in lymphocytes, of cell-cell contacts.Filopodin, a slime mold protein that binds actin and which is involved in the control of cell motility and chemotaxis.Merlin (or schwannomin).Protein NBL4.Unconventional myosins X, VIIa and XV, which are mutated in congenital deafness.Focal-adhesion kinases (FAKs), cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinases involved in signalling through integrins.Janus tyrosine kinases (JAKs), cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases that are non-covalently associated with the cytoplasmic tails of receptors for cytokines or polypeptidic hormones.Non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase TYK2.Protein-tyrosine phosphatases PTPN3 and PTPN4, enzyme that appear to act at junctions between the membrane and the cytoskeleton.Protein-tyrosine phosphatases PTPN14 and PTP-D1, PTP-RL10 and PTP2E.Caenorhabditis elegansprotein phosphatase ptp-1.Ezrin, moesin, and radixin are highly related proteins (ERM protein family), but the other proteins in which the FERM domain is found do not share any region of similarity outside of this domain. ERM proteins are made of three domains, the FERM domain, a central helical domain and a C-terminal tail domain, which binds F-actin. The amino-acid sequence of the FERM domain is highly conserved among ERM proteins and is responsible for membrane association by direct binding to the cytoplasmic domain or tail of integral membrane proteins. ERM proteins are regulated by an intramolecular association of the FERM and C-terminal tail domains that masks their binding sites for other molecules. For cytoskeleton-membrane cross-linking, the dormant molecules becomes activated and the FERM domain attaches to the membrane by binding specific membrane proteins, while the last 34 residues of the tail bind actin filaments. Aside from binding to membranes, the activated FERM domain of ERM proteins can also bind the guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor of Rho GTPase (RhoDGI), which suggests that in addition to functioning as a cross-linker, ERM proteins may influence Rho signalling pathways. The crystal structure of the FERM domain reveals that it is composed of three structural modules (F1, F2, and F3) that together form a compact clover-shaped structure [].The FERM domain has also been called the amino-terminal domain, the 30kDa domain, 4.1N30, the membrane-cytoskeletal-linking domain, the ERM-like domain, the ezrin-like domain of the band 4.1 superfamily, the conserved N-terminal region, and the membrane attachment domain [].This entry, however, represents the PH-like domain found at the C terminus of the eukaryote proteins moesin, ezrin and radixin.
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1 Cross References

Identifier
Source . Name
Subject . Primary Identifier
PF09380 PFAM IPR018980

2 Data Sets

Name URL
TrEMBL data set http://www.ebi.ac.uk/trembl/
InterPro data set  

8 Found In

DB identifier Name Short Name Type
IPR000299 FERM domain FERM_domain Domain
IPR012151 Protein-tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type-3, -4 Tyr_Pase_non-rcpt_typ-3/4 Family
IPR011174 Ezrin/radixin/moesin ERM Family
IPR000798 Ezrin/radixin/moesin like Ez/rad/moesin_like Family
IPR015788 Moesin/ezrin/radixin homologue 2 EMR2 Family
IPR021187 Band 4.1 protein Band_41_protein Family
IPR014392 Protein-tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type-14, -21 Tyr_Pase_non-rcpt_typ-14/21 Family
IPR012153 Protein-tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type-13 Tyr_Pase_non-rcpt_typ-13 Family

0 GO Annotation

0 Ontology Annotations

1 Parent Features

DB identifier Name Short Name Type
IPR011993 Pleckstrin homology-like domain PH_like_dom Domain

149 Proteins

DB identifier Primary Accession
Organism . Name
FBpp0082261 Q9VFU8 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0089236 P46150 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0078914 Q9V3V3 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0074523 Q24564 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0077719 Q07436 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0079589 Q9VKY7 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0085697 Q9V8R9 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0290494 H5V8A7 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0303991 M9PHG2 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0300513 C7LAH9 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0288485 A8JPC8 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0112924 A0T1Z5 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0112923 A0T1Z4 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0112925 B7Z0J2 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0307779 Q9VN68 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0307778 Q2M1E6 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0297515 Q9W0R3 Drosophila melanogaster
FBpp0300693 B5DY71 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0309093 Q28Z97 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0309094 N6WBW7 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0285901 Q29CW6 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0280190 Q29N45 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0308184 N6VF07 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0308185 N6V854 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0298812 I5AP30 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0281848 Q297Q7 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0298810 I5AP28 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0298811 I5AP29 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0283339 B5DYS4 Drosophila pseudoobscura
FBpp0284534 Q29HY4 Drosophila pseudoobscura




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