Products

Western Blot (Transfected lysate)

Immunofluorescence (Transfected cell)

Flow Cytometry (Transfected cell)

Entrez GeneID

GeneBank Accession#

Protein Accession#

Gene Name

WASL

Gene Alias

DKFZp779G0847, MGC48327, N-WASP, NWASP

Gene Description

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome-like

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) family of proteins share similar domain structure, and are involved in transduction of signals from receptors on the cell surface to the actin cytoskeleton. The presence of a number of different motifs suggests that they are regulated by a number of different stimuli, and interact with multiple proteins. Recent studies have demonstrated that these proteins, directly or indirectly, associate with the small GTPase, Cdc42, known to regulate formation of actin filaments, and the cytoskeletal organizing complex, Arp2/3. The WASL gene product is a homolog of WAS protein, however, unlike the latter, it is ubiquitously expressed and shows highest expression in neural tissues. It has been shown to bind Cdc42 directly, and induce formation of long actin microspikes. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome gene-like|Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome gene-like protein|neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein