Adhesion plaque protein. Binds alpha-actinin and the CRP protein. Important for targeting TES and ENA/VASP family members to focal adhesions and for the formation of actin-rich structures. May be a component of a signal transduction pathway that mediates adhesion-stimulated changes in gene expression.
Specificity
Natural and recombinant Human Zyxin
Subcellular Location
Cytoplasm Cytoplasm cytoskeleton Nucleus Cell junction focal adhesion Associates with the actin cytoskeleton near the adhesion plaques. Enters the nucleus in the presence of HESX1.
Interacts with HPV type 6 protein E6. Does not interact significantly with E6 proteins from HPV types 11, 16, or 18. Interacts, via the Pro-rich regions, with the EVH1 domains of ENAH, EVL and VASP. Interacts with the first LIM domain of TES.