May regulate actin cytoskeletal organization, cell spreading and cell contraction by directly binding and stabilizing filamentous F-actin. The localized formation of TARA and TRIO complexes coordinates the amount of F-actin present in stress fibers. May also serve as a linker protein to recruit proteins required for F-actin formation and turnover.
Nucleus . Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton . Localized to F-actin in a periodic pattern. .; [Isoform 1]: Nucleus . Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome . Midbody . Centrosomal localization occurs upon phosphorylation by PLK1 at Thr-457 and lasts from prophase to anaphase. At telophase, relocalizes to midbody. .
Widely expressed. Highly expressed in heart and placenta. Isoform 3 is expressed in fetal brain, retina and cochlea but is not detectable in the other tissues.