UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P08670#Vimentinsareclass-IIIintermediatefilamentsfoundinvariousnon-epithelialcells,especiallymesenchymalcells. SIZE:466aminoacids;53652Da SUBUNIT:Homopolymer.ComponentofacomplexcomposedatleastofACTB,AP2M1,AP2A1,AP2A2,MEGF10andVIM.InteractswithHCVcoreprotein. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Highlyexpressedinfibroblasts,someexpressioninT-andB-lymphocytes,andlittleornoexpressioninBurkitt"slymphomacelllines.Expressedinmanyhormone-independentmammarycarcinomacelllines. PTM:Oneofthemostprominentphosphoproteinsinvariouscellsofmesenchymalorigin.Phosphorylationisenhancedduringcelldivision,atwhichtimevimentinfilamentsaresignificantlyreorganized. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P08670##Belongstotheintermediatefilamentfamily. |