Ocludina

Segundo a hidrofilidade global da molécula, esta atravesa a membrana catro veces, formando dous bucles extracelulares e expoñendo no citosol os seus extremos N-terminal e C-terminal. A interacción da ocludina con varias proteínas citoplasmáticas da placa de unión ocorre polo seu extremo C-terminal, mentres que os bucles extracelulares crese que están implicados na regulación da permeabilidade paracelular e a adhesión celular. A fosforilación/desfosforilación xoga un papel fundamental na regulación da ocludina e das unións herméticas.^[4]

Os trastornos na regulación da ocludina son un importante aspecto de diversas doenzas, xa que se distorsionan as barreiras celulares. As estratexias para previr ou reverter esta regulación á baixa poden ser un importante recurso terapéutico. Está implicada en diarreas, cancro, doenzas inflamatorias, alerxias, diabetes, esclerose múltiple, entre outras.^[4]

A ocludina interacciona coa proteína 2 das unións herméticas,^[5][6][7] YES1^[8] e coa proteína 1 das unións herméticas.^[9][10]

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• Vivian Tang. "Tight Junction Overview". www.Zonapse.Net. Consultado o 2008-02-10. 
• GeneTests/NCBI/NIH/UW de Band-Like Calcification with Simplified Gyration and Polymicrogyria