This family is found in mammals where it is localised at cell-cell adherens junctions [1], and in Sch. pombe and other fungi where it anchors spindle-pole bodies to spindle microtubules [2]. It is a coiled-coil structure, and in pombe, it is required for anchoring the minus end of spindle microtubules to the centrosome equivalent, the spindle-pole body. The name ADIP derives from the family being composed of Afadin- and alpha -Actinin-Binding Proteins Localised at Cell-Cell Adherens Junctions.

1: ADIP, a novel Afadin- and alpha-actinin-binding protein localized at cell-cell adherens junctions. Asada M, Irie K, Morimoto K, Yamada A, Ikeda W, Takeuchi M, Takai Y; J Biol Chem. 2003;278:4103-4111. PMID:12446711

2: Gamma-tubulin complex-mediated anchoring of spindle microtubules to spindle-pole bodies requires Msd1 in fission yeast. Toya M, Sato M, Haselmann U, Asakawa K, Brunner D, Antony C, Toda T; Nat Cell Biol. 2007;9:646-653. PMID:17486116