oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe family Pleckstrin homology-like domain
The OCRL family has two members: OCRL1 (also called INPP5F, LOCR, NPHL2, or phosphatidylinositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase) and OCRL2 ( also called IPNNB5, inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase, phosphoinositide 5-phosphatase, 5PTase, or type II inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate 5-phosphatase). The OCRL proteins hydrolyze phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtIns(4,5)P2) and the signaling molecule phosphatidylinositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (PtIns(1,4,5)P3), and thereby modulates cellular signaling events. They interact with APPL1, FAM109A and FAM109B and several Rab GTPases which might both target them to the specific membranes and as well as stimulating the phosphatase activity. All OCRL family members contain a PH domain and a Rho-GAP domain. PH domains have diverse functions, but in general are involved in targeting proteins to the appropriate cellular location or in the interaction with a binding partner. They share little sequence conservation, but all have a common fold, which is electrostatically polarized. Less than 10% of PH domains bind phosphoinositide phosphates (PIPs) with high affinity and specificity. PH domains are distinguished from other PIP-binding domains by their specific high-affinity binding to PIPs with two vicinal phosphate groups: PtdIns(3,4)P2, PtdIns(4,5)P2 or PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 which results in targeting some PH domain proteins to the plasma membrane. A few display strong specificity in lipid binding. Any specificity is usually determined by loop regions or insertions in the N-terminus of the domain, which are not conserved across all PH domains. PH domains are found in cellular signaling proteins such as serine/threonine kinase, tyrosine kinases, regulators of G-proteins, endocytotic GTPases, adaptors, as well as cytoskeletal associated molecules and in lipid associated enzymes.
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