Echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 1; EMAP-1; HuEMAP-1 (EML1, EMAP1, EMAPL, EMAPL1)

Function

• may modify the assembly dynamics of microtubules, such that microtubules are slightly longer, but more dynamic

Structure

• belongs to the WD repeat EMAP family
• contains 10 WD repeats

Compartment

cytoplasm (putative)

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

• ubiquitous
• expressed in most tissues
• not expressed in thymus & peripheral blood lymphocytes

More general terms

• WD repeat protein family

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2009
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2009
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602033
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O00423.html