Product Overview
Reactivity
Human (predicted: Mouse)
Target Information
Alternative Names
DIAPH1; deafness, autosomal dominant 1; DFNA1; DIA1; DIAP1; DIAP1_HUMAN; DIAPH1; Diaphanous homolog 1 (Drosophila); diaphanous homolog 1; Diaphanous related formin 1; Diaphanous-related formin-1; DRF1; FLJ25265; hDIA1; LFHL1; low frequency hearing loss 1; p140DIA; Protein diaphanous homolog 1
Function
Acts in a Rho-dependent manner to recruit PFY1 to the membrane. Required for the assembly of F-actin structures, such as actin cables and stress fibers. Nucleates actin filaments. Binds to the barbed end of the actin filament and slows down actin polymerization and depolymerization. Required for cytokinesis, and transcriptional activation of the serum response factor. DFR proteins couple Rho and Src tyrosine kinase during signaling and the regulation of actin dynamics. Functions as a scaffold protein for MAPRE1 and APC to stabilize microtubules and promote cell migration. Has neurite outgrowth promoting activity. In hear cells, it may play a role in the regulation of actin polymerization in hair cells. The MEMO1-RHOA-DIAPH1 signaling pathway plays an important role in ERBB2-dependent stabilization of microtubules at the cell cortex. It controls the localization of APC and CLASP2 to the cell membrane, via the regulation of GSK3B activity. In turn, membrane-bound APC allows the localization of the MACF1 to the cell membrane, which is required for microtubule capture and stabilization.
Tissue Specificity
Expressed in brain, heart, placenta, lung, kidney, pancreas, liver, skeletal muscle and cochlea.
Shipping & Handling
Shipping
Shipped on dry ice.
Storage
Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20 °C or -80 °C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles.
Storage Buffer
1.21% Tris, 0.75% Glycine, 10% Glycerol (glycerin, glycerine). pH: 7.00.
Preservative
0.01% Thimerosal (merthiolate)
