This entry includes human CCDC85A/B/C and C. elegans Picc-1 protein. Picc-1 serves as a linker protein which helps to recruit the Rho GTPase-activating protein, pac-1, to adherens junctions [1]. Human CCDC85B suppresses the beta-catenin activity in a p53-dependent manner [2].

1: An instructive role for C. elegans E-cadherin in translating cell contact cues into cortical polarity. Klompstra D, Anderson DC, Yeh JY, Zilberman Y, Nance J; Nat Cell Biol. 2015;17:726-735. PMID:25938815

2: Coiled-coil domain containing 85B suppresses the beta-catenin activity in a p53-dependent manner. Iwai A, Hijikata M, Hishiki T, Isono O, Chiba T, Shimotohno K; Oncogene. 2008;27:1520-1526. PMID:17873903