This CD corresponds to the LEM domain that is critical for binding to lamin A/C and is also involved in interaction with the DNA binding protein barrier-to-autointegration factor (BAF). Emerin is an inner nuclear membrane protein that occurs in four differently phosphorylated forms and plays a role in cell cycle-dependent events. It is absent from the inner nuclear membrane in most patients with X-linked muscular dystrophy. Emerin interacts with A-type and B-type lamins. It contains an N-terminal LEM domain followed by a poly-serine segment, a region rich in hydrophobic amino acids comprising the nuclear localization signal (NLS) followed by another poly-serine segment, and a C-terminal transmembrane region.
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