Table 1

Summary of putative and potential functions of LASP-1 and LASP-2

protein
localization
putative and potential function
reference(s)

LASP-1
focal contacts
signal transducer for IGF-1
[49]


zyxin recruiting protein
[38, 39]


modulator of migration and pseudopodial elongation
[19, 25, 38, 39, 46, 47]


interaction partner for cytoskeletal organisation
[7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 26, 27]


stabilisation of actin filament bundles
[11]


modulator of active HCl secretion in gastric parietal cells
[17, 18, 20, 21, 70]

nucleus
modulator of proliferation in concert with other proteins
[25, 38, 39]


cell-cycle-control
[26, 38, 39]


(transcription factor)
[6, 25]

postsynaptic/CNS
axonal growth and differentiation/structural protein/autism linked gene
[40, 42]

Z-discs/A-bands
structural protein (possibly function in myofilament stabilization and assembly)
[12]
LASP-2
focal contacts
interaction partner for cytoskeletal organisation
[27, 30]


stabilisation of actin filament bundles
[11]

Z-discs
structural protein/myofilament stabilization and assembly
[12, 37]

CNS
unclear/structural protein
[30]

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