Primary Identifier | IPR030121 | Type | Family |
Short Name | FCHo1 |
description | F-BAR domain only protein 1 (FCHo1) belongs to the F-BAR family, whose members have been implicated in cell membrane processes such as membrane invagination, tubulation and endocytosis []. FCHo1 functions in an early step of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. It has a membrane binding/bending activity and the ability to recruit proteins essential to the formation of functional clathrin-coated pits []. |