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IPR043441

Junction-associated protein Tjap1/BEGAIN

InterPro entry
Short nameTjap1/BEGAIN

Description

This entry includes brain-enriched guanylate kinase-associated protein (BEGAIN) and tight junction-associated protein 1 (Tjap1).

Brain-enriched guanylate kinase-associated protein (BEGAIN) interacts with postsynaptic density protein PSD-95/SAP90 and may be involved in the organization of the components of synaptic junctions
[1]
.

Tight junction-associated protein 1 (also known as Pilt) is a family of eukaryotic tight junction-proteins
[3]
. Pilt is a component of TJs (Tight junctions) rather than AJs (Adhesin junctions). TJs function as a barrier preventing solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular pathway. TJs consist of transmembrane proteins (claudin, occludin, and JAM) plus many peripheral membrane proteins and cell polarity molecules. Pilt is a novel peripheral membrane protein which is incorporated into TJs after TJ strands are formed, thereby the name Pilt for 'protein incorporated later into TJs'. Pilt binds to the guanylate-kinase region of hDlg/SAP97 (disk large homologue/synapse-associated protein 97)
[2]
.

References

1.Synaptic and nuclear localization of brain-enriched guanylate kinase-associated protein. Yao I, Iida J, Nishimura W, Hata Y. J. Neurosci. 22, 5354-64, (2002). PMID: 12097487

2.Pilt, a novel peripheral membrane protein at tight junctions in epithelial cells. Kawabe H, Nakanishi H, Asada M, Fukuhara A, Morimoto K, Takeuchi M, Takai Y. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 48350-5, (2001). PMID: 11602598

3.Pilt is a coiled-coil domain-containing protein that localizes at the trans-Golgi complex and regulates its structure. Tamaki H, Sanda M, Katsumata O, Hara Y, Fukaya M, Sakagami H. FEBS Lett. 586, 3064-70, (2012). PMID: 22841714

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