Rabbit anti-Human CFL1 Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

P23528

Target Species

Human

Target Name

CFL1

Target Full Name

Cofilin-1

Target Function

Binds to F-actin and exhibits pH-sensitive F-actin depolymerizing activity. In conjunction with the subcortical maternal complex (SCMC), plays an essential role for zygotes to progress beyond the first embryonic cell divisions via regulation of actin dynamics. Required for the centralization of the mitotic spindle and symmetric division of zygotes. Plays a role in the regulation of cell morphology and cytoskeletal organization in epithelial cells. Required for the up-regulation of atypical chemokine receptor ACKR2 from endosomal compartment to cell membrane, increasing its efficiency in chemokine uptake and degradation. Required for neural tube morphogenesis and neural crest cell migration.

Target Subcellular Location

Nucleus matrix. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell projection, ruffle membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Cell projection, lamellipodium membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Cell projection, lamellipodium. Note=Colocalizes with the actin cytoskeleton in membrane ruffles and lamellipodia. Detected at the cleavage furrow and contractile ring during cytokinesis. Almost completely in nucleus in cells exposed to heat shock or 10% dimethyl sulfoxide.

Target Protein Families

Actin-binding proteins ADF family

Target Tissue Specificity

Widely distributed in various tissues.

Target Synonyms

18 kDa phosphoprotein; CFL 1; CFL; CFL1; COF1_HUMAN; Cofilin 1; Cofilin 1 non muscle; Cofilin; Cofilin non muscle isoform; Cofilin-1; epididymis secretory protein Li 15; HEL-S-15; non-muscle isoform; p18

Target Background

The protein encoded by this gene can polymerize and depolymerize F-actin and G-actin in a pH-dependent manner. Increased phosphorylation of this protein by LIM kinase aids in Rho-induced reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Cofilin is a widely distributed intracellular actin-modulating protein that binds and depolymerizes filamentous F-actin and inhibits the polymerization of monomeric G-actin in a pH-dependent manner. It is involved in the translocation of actin-cofilin complex from cytoplasm to nucleus.