This entry represents the SH3 domain of MPP3, which is a scaffolding protein that colocalizes with MPP5 and CRB1 at the subapical region adjacent to adherens junctions and may function in photoreceptor polarity. It interacts with some nectins and regulates their trafficking and processing. Nectins are cell-cell adhesion proteins involved in the establishment apical-basal polarity at cell adhesion sites []. MPP3 belongs to the membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) p55 subfamily. The membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) p55 subfamily (also known as MPP subfamily) members include the Drosophila Stardust protein and its vertebrate homologues, MPP1-7. They contain the core of three domains characteristic of MAGUK (membrane-associated guanylate kinase) proteins: PDZ, SH3, and guanylate kinase (GuK). In addition, they also contain the Hook (Protein 4.1 Binding) motif in between the SH3 and GuK domains []. MPP2-7 have two additional L27 domains at their N terminus. The GuK domain in MAGUK proteins is enzymatically inactive; instead, the domain mediates protein-protein interactions and associates intramolecularly with the SH3 domain [].
