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Vinculin

In mammalian cells, vinculin is a membrane-cytoskeletal protein in focal adhesion plaques that is involved in linkage of integrin adhesion molecules to the actin cytoskeleton. Vinculin is a cytoskeletal protein associated with cell–cell and cell–matrix junctions, where it is thought to function as one of several interacting proteins involved in anchoring…

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Aliases
VCL, CMD1W, CMH15, HEL114, MV, Mvinculin
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1RKC, 1RKE, 1SYQ, 1TR2, 2GWW, 2IBF, 3H2U, 3H2V, 3MYI, 3TJ5, 3TJ6, 3VF0, 4DJ9, 4EHP, 1YDI, 2HSQ, 3RF3, 3S90,…
Band
10q22.2 · 14 A3|14 11.53 cM
Bgee
saphenous vein · urethra · vena cava · smooth muscle tissue · right coronary artery
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 10 (human) · Chromosome 14 (mouse)

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Vinculin

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples167
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Vinculin

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Gene ontology · 50
Vinculin → actin binding, actin cytoskeleton, adherens junction, adherens junction assembly, alpha-catenin binding, apical junction assembly, axon extension, beta-catenin binding, brush border, cadherin binding, cell adhesion, cell junction, cell-cell junction, cell-matrix adhesion, cell-substrate junction, costamere, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cytosol, dystroglycan binding
Bgee · 20
Vinculin → ascending aorta, calvaria, carotid body, Descending thoracic aorta, endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel, left lung, left lung lobe, nipple, popliteal artery, right coronary artery, right lung, saphenous vein, seminal vesicula, smooth muscle tissue, tibial arteries, tibiofemoral joint, tunica media of zone of aorta, umbilical cord, urethra, vena cava
RNA expression pattern · 20
Vinculin → ascending aorta, calvaria, carotid body, Descending thoracic aorta, endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel, left lung, left lung lobe, nipple, popliteal artery, right coronary artery, right lung, saphenous vein, seminal vesicula, smooth muscle tissue, tibial arteries, tibiofemoral joint, tunica media of zone of aorta, umbilical cord, urethra, vena cava
related to Splice variants · 11
Vinculin → Both, C-terminal, Compared, II, In, Metavinculin, Mutations, Smooth, The, Translation, VCL
related to External links · 8
Vinculin → Human Vinculin, Mouse Vinculin, Overview, P18206, PDB, PDBe-KB, Q64727, UniProt
related to Structure · 6
Vinculin → C-terminal, Essentially, F-actin, N-terminal, The, This
related to Activation · 5
Vinculin → PIP2, The, These, This, When
related to Binding site · 4
Vinculin → LxxAAxxVAxxVxxLIxxA, Talin, The, VBS
related to Mechanism and function · 4
Vinculin → Cell, In, The, These
Band · 2
Vinculin → 10q22.2, 14 A3|14 11.53 cM

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binding talin focal actin adhesion protein function bp human cytoskeleton cell chr band tail membrane gene α-actinin domain head metavinculin

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VinculinAliasesVCL, CMD1W, CMH15, HEL114, MV, Mvinculin1.00infobox
VinculinAvailable structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1RKC, 1RKE, 1SYQ, 1TR2, 2GWW, 2IBF, 3H2U, 3H2V, 3MYI, 3TJ5, 3TJ6, 3VF0, 4DJ9, 4EHP, 1YDI, 2HSQ, 3RF3, 3S90,…1.00infobox
VinculinBand10q22.21.00infobox
VinculinBand14 A3|14 11.53 cM1.00infobox
VinculinBgeesaphenous vein1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeurethra1.00infobox
VinculinBgeevena cava1.00infobox
VinculinBgeesmooth muscle tissue1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeright coronary artery1.00infobox
VinculinBgeepopliteal artery1.00infobox
VinculinBgeetibial arteries1.00infobox
VinculinBgeenipple1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeseminal vesicula1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeDescending thoracic aorta1.00infobox
VinculinBgeetunica media of zone of aorta1.00infobox
VinculinBgeecalvaria1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeendothelial cell of lymphatic vessel1.00infobox
VinculinBgeetibiofemoral joint1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeumbilical cord1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeascending aorta1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeright lung1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeleft lung1.00infobox
VinculinBgeecarotid body1.00infobox
VinculinBgeeleft lung lobe1.00infobox
VinculinBioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
VinculinChr.Chromosome 10 (human)1.00infobox
VinculinChr.Chromosome 14 (mouse)1.00infobox
VinculinDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
VinculinEnd74,121,363 bp1.00infobox
VinculinEnd21,083,744 bp1.00infobox

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