Regulator of volume decrease after cellular swelling. ICln is a ubiquitously expressed multi-functional protein that plays a critical role in regulating volume decrease in cells after cellular swelling. In plants, ICln induces Cl- currents, thus regulating Cl- homoeostasis in eukaryotes. Structurally, the fold resembles a pleckstrin homology fold, on of whose roles is to recruit and tether their host protein to the cell membrane; and although the surface charges of the ICln fold are not equivalent to those of the PH domain, ICln can be phosphorylated in vitro and the PH-nature of the domain may be the part involving it in the transposition from cytosol to cell membrane during cytotonic swelling.
Fringe-like. The drosophila protein fringe (FNG) is a glucosaminyltransferase that controls the response of the Notch receptor to specific ligands. FNG is localized to the Golgi apparatus (not secreted as previously thought). Modification of Notch occurs through glycosylation by FNG. The xenopus homolog, lunatic fringe, has been implicated in a variety of functions.