GPSM2
Function
Plays an important role in mitotic spindle pole organization via its interaction with NUMA1 (PubMed:11781568, PubMed:15632202, PubMed:21816348). Required for cortical dynein-dynactin complex recruitment during metaphase (PubMed:22327364). Plays a role in metaphase spindle orientation (PubMed:22327364). Also plays an important role in asymmetric cell divisions (PubMed:21816348). Has guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor (GDI) activity towards G(i) alpha proteins, such as GNAI1 and GNAI3, and thereby regulates their activity (By similarity).
Involvement in disease
Chudley-McCullough syndrome
CMCS
An autosomal recessive neurologic disorder characterized by early-onset sensorineural deafness and specific brain anomalies on MRI, including hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, enlarged cysterna magna with mild focal cerebellar dysplasia, and nodular heterotopia. Some patients have hydrocephalus. Psychomotor development is normal.
None
The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the GPSM family.
Tissue Specificity
Ubiquitously expressed.
Cellular localization
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoplasm
- Cell cortex
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoskeleton
- Spindle pole
- Lateral cell membrane
- Localizes in the cytoplasm during interphase and at cell cortex during metaphase (PubMed:11781568, PubMed:15632202, PubMed:22074847). Colocalizes with NUMA1 to mitotic spindle poles (PubMed:11781568, PubMed:21816348). Localized at the central and lateral cell cortex regions in a RanGTP-dependent manner (PubMed:22327364). In horizontally retinal progenitor dividing cells, localized to the lateral cortical region. In vertically retinal progenitor dividing cells, localized at the polar cortical region (By similarity).
Alternative names
LGN, GPSM2, G-protein-signaling modulator 2, Mosaic protein LGN