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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 30, Issue 8, Pages 2640-2650Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201500073R
Keywords
structure; signaling; kinase; cancer; cardiovascular
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- U.S. National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [1R01-HL092544]
- National Cancer Institute [1R41CA200189]
- University of North Carolina TraCS [4DR11410]
- American Heart Association Predoctoral Award [13PRE16470024]
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Calcium- and integrin-binding protein 1 (CIB1) is a small, ubiquitously expressed protein that was first identified as an intracellular binding partner of a platelet-specific alpha-integrin cytoplasmic tail. Although early studies revealed a role for CIB1 in regulating platelet integrin activity, recent studies have indicated a more diverse role for CIB1 in many different cell types and processes, including calcium signaling, migration, adhesion, proliferation, and survival. Increasing evidence also points to a novel role for CIB1 in cancer and cardiovascular disease. In addition, an array of CIB1 binding partners has been identified that provide important insight into how CIB1 may regulate these processes. Some of these binding partners include the serine/threonine kinases, p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1), apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), and polo-like kinase 3 (PLK3). Structural and mutational studies indicate that CIB1 binds most or all of its partners via a well-defined hydrophobic cleft. Although CIB1 itself lacks known enzymatic activity, it supports the PI3K/AKT and MEK/ERK oncogenic signaling pathways, in part, by directly modulating enzymes in these pathways. In this review, we discuss our current understanding of CIB1 and key questions regarding structure and function and how this seemingly diminutive protein impacts important signaling pathways and cellular processes in human health and disease.-Leisner, T.M., Freeman, T.C., Black, J.L., Parise, L.V. CIB1: a small protein with big ambitions.
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