A 90-kDa protein produced by macrophages that severs ACTIN filaments and forms a cap on the newly exposed filament end. Gelsolin is activated by CALCIUM ions and participates in the assembly and disassembly of actin, thereby increasing the motility of some CELLS.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D018260
altLabel
Serum Actin Inhibitory Protein
Gelsolin Protein
AQL
AD AE AG AI AN BI BL CF CH CL CS DE DF EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UL UR
cui
C0061187
DC
1
definition
A 90-kDa protein produced by macrophages that severs ACTIN filaments and forms a cap on the newly exposed filament end. Gelsolin is activated by CALCIUM ions and participates in the assembly and disassembly of actin, thereby increasing the motility of some CELLS.
1994; GELSOLIN was indexed under CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS and MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS 1980-1993; SERUM ACTIN IHIBITORY PROTEIN was indexed under MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS 1988-2005, & under MUSCLE PROTEINS & PROTEINS 1986-1987