Pleckstrin is highly expressed in human neutrophils. Pleckstrin is rapidly phosphorylated following treatment of neutrophils in response to inflammatory stimuli, probably by nonconventional PKC isoforms delta or zeta, which are expressed in human neutrophils. Phosphorylation by nonconventional PKC isoforms induces a conformational change in pleckstrin that promotes its interaction with membranes and/or with the cytoskeleton, serving to target proteins or lipids recognized by PH domains to sites where they can contribute to the microbicidal response.
