| Post Translational Modifications | Sumoylated. Phosphorylation seems to contribute to the strength of cell-cell adhesion rather than to the basic capacity for cell-cell adhesion. |
| Function | Associates with the cytoplasmic domain of a variety of cadherins. The association of catenins to cadherins produces a complex which is linked to the actin filament network, and which seems to be of primary importance for cadherins cell-adhesion properties. Can associate with both E- and N-cadherins. Originally believed to be a stable component of E-cadherin/catenin adhesion complexes and to mediate the linkage of cadherins to the actin cytoskeleton at adherens junctions. In contrast, cortical actin was found to be much more dynamic than E-cadherin/catenin complexes and CTNNA1 was shown not to bind to F-actin when assembled in the complex suggesting a different linkage between actin and adherens junctions components. The homodimeric form may regulate actin filament assembly and inhibit actin branching by competing with the Arp2/3 complex for binding to actin filaments. Involved in the regulation of WWTR1/TAZ, YAP1 and TGFB1-dependent SMAD2 and SMAD3 nuclear accumulation. May play a crucial role in cell differentiation. |
| Protein Name | Catenin Alpha-1Alpha E-CateninCadherin-Associated ProteinRenal Carcinoma Antigen Ny-Ren-13 |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-418990Reactome: R-HSA-5218920Reactome: R-HSA-525793Reactome: R-HSA-5626467Reactome: R-HSA-9762292Reactome: R-HSA-9764302Reactome: R-HSA-9833576 |
| Cellular Localisation | CytoplasmCytoskeletonCell JunctionAdherens JunctionCell MembranePeripheral Membrane ProteinCytoplasmic SideNucleusFound At Cell-Cell Boundaries And Probably At Cell-Matrix BoundariesIsoform 3: Cell Membrane |
| Alternative Protein Names | Catenin Alpha-1 proteinAlpha E-Catenin proteinCadherin-Associated Protein proteinRenal Carcinoma Antigen Ny-Ren-13 proteinCTNNA1 protein |
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