Vac17 serves as an adaptor protein recruiting vacuole vesicles to the actin cable tracks by its dual interaction with Vac8 and the Myo2 motor protein [1]. It is directly phosphorylated by Cdk1. Vac17 plays an important role in vacuole inheritance and segregation in cell division [2].

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2: The cyclin-dependent kinase Cdk1 directly regulates vacuole inheritance. Peng Y, Weisman LS; Dev Cell. 2008;15:478-485. PMID:18804442