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calponin homology (CH) domain found in VAV1 protein VAV1 is expressed predominantly in the hematopoietic system and it plays an important role in the development and activation of B and T cells. It is activated by tyrosine phosphorylation to function as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rho GTPases following cell surface receptor activation, triggering various effects such as cytoskeletal reorganization, transcription regulation, cell cycle progression, and calcium mobilization. It also serves as a scaffold protein and has been shown to interact with Ku70, Socs1, Janus kinase 2, SIAH2, S100B, Abl gene, ZAP-70, SLP76, and Syk, among others. VAV proteins contain several domains that enable their function: N-terminal calponin homology (CH), acidic, RhoGEF (also called Dbl-homologous or DH), Pleckstrin Homology (PH), C1 (zinc finger), SH2, and two SH3 domains. This model corresponds to the CH domain, an actin-binding domain which is present as a single copy in VAV1 protein. |
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