Espin (protein)

ESPN
Identifiers
Aliases	ESPN, DFNB36, LP2654, Espin, USH1M
External IDs	OMIM: 606351; MGI: 1861630; HomoloGene: 23164; GeneCards: ESPN; OMA:ESPN - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	6,461,367 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	152,236,828 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right testis; ; left testis; ; right uterine tube; ; right lobe of liver; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; skin of abdomen; ; skin of leg; ; mucosa of ileum; ; olfactory zone of nasal mucosa; ; human kidney;
	Top expressed in
	interventricular septum; ; intestinal villus; ; yolk sac; ; otic vesicle; ; right kidney; ; neural layer of retina; ; ileum; ; duodenum; ; jejunum; ; saccule;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	SH3 domain binding; actin binding; actin filament binding;
Cellular component	microvillus; cell projection; cytoskeleton; stereocilium; cytoplasm; filamentous actin; brush border; stereocilium tip; actin cytoskeleton; stereocilium bundle;
Biological process	hearing; actin filament bundle assembly; locomotory behavior; parallel actin filament bundle assembly; positive regulation of filopodium assembly; negative regulation of cytoskeleton organization;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	83715
	56226
	ENSG00000187017
	ENSMUSG00000028943
	Q5JYL1
	Q9ET47
	NM_031475; NM_001367473; NM_001367474
NM_019585; NM_207687; NM_207688; NM_207689; NM_207690;
	NM_207691
	NP_113663; NP_001354402; NP_001354403
NP_062531; NP_997570; NP_997571; NP_997572; NP_997573;
	NP_997574
	Wikidata
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Espin, also known as autosomal recessive deafness type 36 protein or ectoplasmic specialization protein, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ESPN gene. Espin is a microfilament binding protein.