Src Homology 3 domain of Brain-specific Angiogenesis Inhibitor 1-Associated Protein 2-Like 1, also called Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Substrate (IRTKS)
BAIAP2L1 or IRTKS is widely expressed, serves as a substrate for the insulin receptor, and binds the small GTPase Rac. It plays a role in regulating the actin cytoskeleton and colocalizes with F-actin, cortactin, VASP, and vinculin. BAIAP2L1 expression leads to the formation of short actin bundles, distinct from filopodia-like protrusions induced by the expression of the related protein IRSp53. IRTKS mediates the recruitment of effector proteins Tir and EspFu, which regulate host cell actin reorganization, to bacterial attachment sites. It contains an N-terminal IMD or Inverse-Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (I-BAR) domain, an SH3 domain, and a WASP homology 2 (WH2) actin-binding motif at the C-terminus. The SH3 domain of IRTKS has been shown to bind the proline-rich C-terminus of EspFu. SH3 domains are protein interaction domains that bind to proline-rich ligands with moderate affinity and selectivity, preferentially to PxxP motifs. They play versatile and diverse roles in the cell including the regulation of enzymes, changing the subcellular localization of signaling pathway components, and mediating the formation of multiprotein complex assemblies.
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