Function
Muscle LIM protein (MLP) is a nuclear regulator of myogenic differentiation. It may act as an integrator of protein assembly of the actin-based cytoskeleton[1]. For more details see Group:MUZIC:MLP and MLP.
Disease
Mutations in MLP are seen in cases of cardiomyopathy[2].
- ↑ Kong Y, Flick MJ, Kudla AJ, Konieczny SF. Muscle LIM protein promotes myogenesis by enhancing the activity of MyoD. Mol Cell Biol. 1997 Aug;17(8):4750-60. PMID:9234731
- ↑ Geier C, Perrot A, Ozcelik C, Binner P, Counsell D, Hoffmann K, Pilz B, Martiniak Y, Gehmlich K, van der Ven PF, Furst DO, Vornwald A, von Hodenberg E, Nurnberg P, Scheffold T, Dietz R, Osterziel KJ. Mutations in the human muscle LIM protein gene in families with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2003 Mar 18;107(10):1390-5. PMID:12642359