| 2007 |
IRTKS contains an IMD (IRSp53/MIM homology domain) that bundles actin filaments and binds Rac GTPase, but unlike IRSp53, does not interact with Cdc42. Its C-terminal WH2-like extension interacts with actin filaments (not monomers) and modulates/shortens actin bundle length induced by the IMD both in vitro and in cells. |
In vitro actin bundling assays, co-immunoprecipitation, cell expression assays, deletion/domain mapping |
Journal of cell science |
High |
17430976
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| 2018 |
IRTKS localizes to the distal tips of actively growing epithelial microvilli via its N-terminal I-BAR domain, and promotes microvillar elongation through two mechanisms: (1) its C-terminal WH2 domain for actin polymerization at tips, and (2) its SH3 domain recruiting the bundling protein EPS8 to microvillar tips. |
Super-resolution microscopy, live imaging, domain deletion/mutation constructs, loss-of-function and rescue experiments in differentiating epithelial cells |
Current biology : CB |
High |
30197089
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| 2015 |
The FGFR3-BAIAP2L1 fusion protein drives oncogenic transformation through constitutive dimerization mediated by the BAR domain of BAIAP2L1, which promotes constitutive FGFR3 kinase activation. Deletion of the BAR domain decreased FGFR3 phosphorylation, dimerization, and tumorigenic activity. |
Stable transfection in Rat-2 cells, in vitro and in vivo tumorigenicity assays, BAR domain deletion mutant, FGFR inhibitor treatment, gene signature analysis |
Molecular cancer therapeutics |
High |
25589496
|
| 2009 |
During C. rodentium and EHEC infection, IRTKS (but not IRSp53) is recruited to bacterial attachment sites on intestinal epithelium. IRTKS recruitment depends on Tir NPY451 motif (Y451 in Tir(CR)), establishing IRTKS as a specific downstream effector of Tir-mediated actin polymerization in vivo. |
C. rodentium murine infection model, human ileal explant EHEC infection, tir tyrosine mutants, immunofluorescence, competitive mixed infection |
Molecular microbiology |
High |
19889090
|
| 2015 |
IRTKS suppresses antiviral innate immunity by recruiting the E2 SUMO ligase Ubc9 to sumoylate PCBP2 in the nucleus, causing PCBP2 cytoplasmic translocation during viral infection. Sumoylated PCBP2 then associates with MAVS to initiate its degradation, thereby downregulating RIG-I-MAVS antiviral signaling. |
IRTKS-deficient mouse/cell models, viral infection assays, sumoylation assays, co-immunoprecipitation, subcellular fractionation, MAVS degradation assays |
Nature communications |
High |
26348439
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| 2013 |
IRTKS acts as an adaptor for the insulin receptor (IR), modulating IR-IRS1-PI3K-AKT signaling by regulating IR phosphorylation. IRTKS-deficient mice exhibit insulin resistance; ectopic IRTKS can rescue insulin resistance in deficient and diabetic mice. |
IRTKS-knockout mice, glucose/insulin tolerance tests, ectopic IRTKS rescue, western blot of signaling components, diabetic mouse models |
Cell research |
High |
23896986
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| 2017 |
IRTKS overexpression promotes p53 ubiquitination and degradation via MDM2. Under DNA damage, IRTKS is phosphorylated at Ser331 by activated Chk2 kinase, causing IRTKS to dissociate from the p53-MDM2 complex, thereby attenuating p53 ubiquitination and degradation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays, Chk2 kinase assay, IRTKS-deficient mice/MEFs, in vivo tumorigenicity, phospho-site identification |
Gut |
High |
28647685
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| 2016 |
IRTKS interacts with Rif GTPase through its I-BAR domain and signals through Eps8 and WAVE2 to generate dorsal membrane ruffles and filopodia. Eps8 regulates the size and number of dorsal filopodia downstream of Rif-IRTKS, and WAVE2 modulates dorsal membrane ruffling. The bacterial protein Tir may compete with Rif for binding to the IRTKS I-BAR domain. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, IRTKS-KO cells, dominant-negative Rif, live cell imaging, domain interaction mapping |
Journal of cell science |
Medium |
27278019
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| 2019 |
The SH3 domain of IRTKS directly binds the catalytic domain (INPP5c) of SHIP2 phosphatase, suppressing SHIP2 activity and thereby reducing conversion of PIP3 to PI(3,4)P2. IRTKS-KO increases PI(3,4)P2 and decreases PIP3; IRTKS overexpression increases PIP3 and activates AKT-mTOR signaling. The IRTKS-SHIP2 interaction is dynamically regulated by insulin. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain binding assays, lipid phosphatase activity assay, PIP3/PI(3,4)P2 measurement, IRTKS-KO cells, AKT-mTOR signaling readouts |
International journal of molecular sciences |
Medium |
31212584
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| 2011 |
Active Src kinase phosphorylates IRTKS at six tyrosine residues (Y37, Y156, Y163, Y274, Y293, and Y439) both in vivo and in vitro. Src-stimulated IRTKS phosphorylation is required for IRTKS-enhanced cell migration (wound closure); phosphorylation-deficient mutants abolish the pro-migratory effect. |
In vitro kinase assay, in vivo phosphorylation, deletion and point mutation mapping, wound closure assay with HT1080 cells |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
21840312
|
| 2017 |
Double knockout of IRSp53 and IRTKS results in complete embryonic lethality with exacerbated placental abnormalities (particularly in spongiotrophoblast differentiation), demonstrating genetic interaction and partial functional redundancy between IRSp53 and IRTKS in placental development. |
Single and double KO mice, histological and developmental analysis of placentas and embryos |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
28067313
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| 2022 |
IRTKS is a binding partner of formin FMNL2; coexpression promotes cooperative filopodia assembly. IRTKS, but not IRSp53, is required for FMNL2-induced filopodia assembly. FMNL2 initiates filopodia assembly by bending the plasma membrane to recruit IRTKS, with FMNL2 and IRTKS acting as mutually dependent cofactors. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain mapping, KO cell lines, filopodia quantification by microscopy, rescue experiments |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
36259517
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| 2023 |
IRTKS promotes accumulation of histone methyltransferase SETDB1 by recruiting deubiquitinase OTUD4 to remove Lys48-linked polyubiquitination at SETDB1 K182/K1050 sites, thereby blocking proteasomal SETDB1 degradation. Elevated SETDB1 increases H3K9me3, reduces chromatin accessibility at the CDH1 locus, suppresses E-cadherin expression, and promotes EMT and tumor metastasis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays, ATAC-seq/chromatin accessibility, ChIP for H3K9me3, E-cadherin expression, metastasis assays |
Cancer letters |
Medium |
37739210
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| 2024 |
IRTKS is required for constitutive heterochromatin formation via liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). IRTKS condensates infiltrate HP1α/nucleosome heterochromatin condensates. IRTKS recruits Ubc9 to SUMOylate HP1α, enabling larger phase-separated HP1α droplets. IRTKS deficiency causes heterochromatin loss, aberrant repetitive element transcription, cGAS-STING activation, and cellular senescence/SASP. |
Phase separation assays, live cell imaging of condensates, FRAP, SUMOylation assay, ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, cGAS-STING pathway analysis, IRTKS-KO cells |
The EMBO journal |
High |
39192031
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| 2016 |
The SH3 domain of IRTKS (absent in MIM) is required for IRTKS-dependent promotion of serum-induced cell migration, cellular polarity, and p38 MAPK phosphorylation. Deletion of the SH3 domain attenuates cell motility and p38 activation; a chimeric MIM-IRTKS containing the IRTKS SH3 domain recapitulates IRTKS migratory function. |
Domain deletion and chimeric mutant constructs, wound migration assays, Rac1/Cdc42 activation assays, kinase phosphorylation assays, p38 inhibitor treatment |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
27693783
|
| 2012 |
IRTKS expression is specifically induced during osteoclast fusion and IRTKS interacts with the adaptor Tks5 in osteoclasts, suggesting a role in formation of fusion-competent podosome/invadopodia-like protrusions via its BAR domain. |
Expression analysis during osteoclastogenesis, co-immunoprecipitation of IRTKS and Tks5 |
Communicative & integrative biology |
Low |
23739834
|
| 2024 |
BAIAP2L1 localizes to the tips of tallest-row stereocilia in inner ear hair cells in a manner dependent on row-1 complex proteins EPS8 and MYO15A. This localization is calcium-independent (unlike BAIAP2L2). Loss of BAIAP2L1 does not affect the row-1 protein complex or auditory/balance function in mice. |
Immunofluorescence localization, BAIAP2L1 KO mice, auditory brainstem response, vestibular function tests, co-localization with EPS8/MYO15A |
FASEB journal |
Medium |
39093051
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| 2024 |
IRTKS directly interacts with PTEN via its SH3 domain binding to the C-terminal tail of PTEN, and inhibits PTEN phosphorylation to promote PI3K-AKT signaling, thereby driving osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain mapping (SH3), AKT signaling readouts, BMSC differentiation assays, PTEN rescue experiment |
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy |
Low |
38908202
|
| 2022 |
A novel BAIAP2L1-BRAF fusion transforms immortalized human thyroid cells in a kinase- and coiled-coil (CC) domain-dependent manner, identifying BAIAP2L1 as a fusion partner that provides dimerization activity enabling constitutive BRAF kinase activation. |
PCR/sequencing identification of fusion, stable transfection in thyroid cells, kinase-dead and CC-domain mutants, 3D spheroid growth assays, RNA interference |
Molecular cancer |
Medium |
36217175
|
| 2026 |
IRTKS promotes EHEC Tir accumulation in the host plasma membrane, facilitating bacterial attachment. IRTKS gain- and loss-of-function experiments revealed that perturbing IRTKS disrupted Tir distribution/abundance, and ectopic IRTKS enhanced Tir membrane insertion in absence of other virulence factors, positioning IRTKS upstream of Tir in pedestal formation. |
IRTKS gain- and loss-of-function models in epithelial cells, immunofluorescence quantification of Tir distribution, ectopic Tir insertion assay |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
42239090
|
| 2025 |
In zebrafish, baiap2l1a localizes to microridges prior to actin formation, and its I-BAR domain alone is sufficient for microridge localization and partial rescue of microridge elongation. A 39-amino-acid deletion removing one α-helix impairs I-BAR microridge localization and fails to rescue elongation. Baiap2l1a genetically interacts with eps8like1a in microridge elongation. |
CRISPR/Cas9 knockdown in zebrafish, domain deletion constructs, AlphaFold2 structural modeling, live imaging of localization, genetic interaction analysis |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
|
| 2026 |
IRTKS forms lysosome-localized membrane-associated condensates that interact with the GTPase RRAGD, a key upstream regulator of mTORC1, thereby enhancing mTORC1 sensitivity to free amino acids. Hepatic IRTKS knockin drives mTORC1 hyperactivation, obesity, steatosis, and MASLD-to-HCC progression; genetic ablation or mTORC1 inhibition reverses these phenotypes. |
Phospho-antibody array screening, co-immunoprecipitation with RRAGD, lysosomal fractionation/condensate imaging, hepatic knockin and KO mice, mTORC1 activity assays, histological/metabolic phenotyping |
Cell reports |
High |
41575860
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| 2022 |
BAIAP2L1 interacts with ribosomal protein L3 (RPL3) via its SH3 domain (binding AA202-288 of RPL3); loss of the SH3 domain abolishes AKT signaling transduction by promoting PIK3CA degradation, identifying RPL3 as an IRTKS binding partner linking it to PI3K/AKT pathway activation in breast cancer. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, SH3 domain deletion mutants, AKT/PIK3CA signaling western blot, in vitro and in vivo overexpression/knockdown |
Cancer science |
Low |
36308067
|