title: The paxillin LD motifs.
abstract: Adapter/scaffold proteins, through their multidomain structure, perform a fundamental role in facilitating signal transduction within cells. Paxillin is a focal adhesion adapter protein implicated in growth factor- as well as integrin-mediated signaling pathways. The amino-terminus of paxillin contains five leucine-rich sequences termed LD motifs. These paxillin LD motifs are highly conserved between species as well as within the paxillin superfamily. They mediate interactions with several structural and regulatory proteins important for coordinating changes in the actin cytoskeleton associated with cell motility and cell adhesion as well as in the regulation of gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tumbarello
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Christopher E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C496061:PXN protein, human; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins