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ReviewBMB reports2016

Isoforms, structures, and functions of versatile spectraplakin MACF1.

Lifang Hu, Peihong Su, Runzhi Li, Chong Yin, Yan Zhang, Peng Shang, Tuanmin Yang, Airong Qian

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Review in BMB reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A clinical and genotype-phenotype analysis of MACF1 variants.American journal of human genetics · 2025
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  3. Domain specific phenotypic expansion associated with variants inmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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  8. TheMolecular biology of the cell · 2022
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  16. Biomedical potential of mammalian spectraplakin proteins: Progress and prospect.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2019
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  20. Mutations ofFrontiers in neurology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lifang HuKey Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Peihong SuKey Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Runzhi LiKey Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Chong YinKey Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Yan ZhangKey Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Peng ShangKey Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Tuanmin YangHonghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, P. R. China.
Airong QianKey Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spectraplakins are crucially important communicators, linking cytoskeletal components to each other and cellular junctions. Microtubule actin crosslinking factor 1 (MACF1), also known as actin crosslinking family 7 (ACF7), is a member of the spectraplakin family. It is expressed in numerous tissues and cells as one extensively studied spectraplakin. MACF1 has several isoforms with unique structures and well-known function to be able to crosslink F-actin and microtubules. MACF1 is one versatile spectraplakin with various functions in cell processes, embryo development, tissue-specific functions, and human diseases. The importance of MACF1 has become more apparent in recent years. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the presence and function of MACF1 and provide perspectives on future research of MACF1 based on our studies and others.

Indexed as

ActinsAnimalsCell MovementEmbryo, MammalianHumansMicrofilament ProteinsProtein BindingProtein IsoformsProtein Structure, TertiarySignal TransductionActinsMACF1 protein, humanMicrofilament ProteinsProtein Isoforms

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PMID26521939
PMCPMC4914211

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