Fimbrin

PLS1
Identifiers
Aliases	PLS1, Fimbrin, plastin 1, DFNA76
External IDs	OMIM: 602734 MGI: 104809 HomoloGene: 68270 GeneCards: PLS1
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 3 (human)
End	142,713,664 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 9 (mouse)
End	95,727,364 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	secondary oocyte; ; jejunal mucosa; ; rectum; ; duodenum; ; palpebral conjunctiva; ; bronchial epithelial cell; ; islet of Langerhans; ; gallbladder; ; pancreatic epithelial cell; ; pancreatic ductal cell;
	Top expressed in
	intestinal villus; ; ileum; ; jejunum; ; duodenum; ; large intestine; ; left colon; ; pyloric antrum; ; yolk sac; ; epithelium of stomach; ; utricle;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	calcium ion binding; actin binding; structural constituent of cytoskeleton; metal ion binding; actin filament binding;
Cellular component	terminal web; extracellular exosome; brush border; cytoplasm; actin filament; actin filament bundle;
Biological process	intestinal D-glucose absorption; regulation of microvillus length; terminal web assembly; positive regulation of multicellular organism growth; actin filament bundle assembly; actin filament network formation; actin crosslink formation; positive regulation of protein localization to plasma membrane;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	5357
	102502
	ENSG00000120756
	ENSMUSG00000049493
	Q14651
	Q3V0K9
	NM_001145319; NM_001172312; NM_002670
	NM_001033210
	NP_001138791; NP_001165783; NP_002661
	NP_001028382
	Wikidata
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Fimbrin also known as is plastin 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLS1 gene. Fimbrin is an actin cross-linking protein important in the formation of filopodia.

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