Espin (protein)

ESPN
Identifiers
Aliases ESPN, DFNB36, LP2654, Espin
External IDs MGI: 1861630 HomoloGene: 23164 GeneCards: ESPN
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

83715

56226

Ensembl

ENSG00000187017

ENSMUSG00000028943

UniProt

Q5JYL1

Q9ET47

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_031475

RefSeq (protein)

NP_113663.2

NP_997570.1
NP_997571.1
NP_997572.1
NP_997573.1
NP_997574.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 6.42 – 6.46 Mb Chr 4: 152.12 – 152.15 Mb
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Espin, also known as autosomal recessive deafness type 36 protein or ectoplasmic specialization protein, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ESPN gene.[3] Espin is a microfilament binding protein.

Function

Espin is a multifunctional actin-bundling protein. It plays a major role in regulating the organization, dimensions, dynamics, and signaling capacities of the actin filament-rich, microvillus-type specializations that mediate sensory transduction in various mechanosensory and chemosensory cells.[3]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene are associated with autosomal recessive neurosensory deafness, autosomal dominant sensorineural deafness without vestibular involvement, and DFNB36.[3]

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