May function as a specific light chain of unconventional myosin-10 (MYO10), also enhances MYO10 translation, possibly by acting as a chaperone for the emerging MYO10 heavy chain protein. May compete with calmodulin by binding, with different affinities, to cellular substrates.
"Down-regulation of a calmodulin-related gene during transformation of human mammary epithelial cells."
Yaswen P., Smoll A., Peehl D.M., Trask D.K., Sager R., Stampfer M.R.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87:7360-7364(1990)
Research Topic:Tags & Cell Markers