Cytoplasm {Experimental EvidencePubMed:16467373}. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region {Experimental EvidencePubMed:16467373}. Cell membrane {Experimental EvidencePubMed:16467373}. Cell junction {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21543326}. Cell projection, lamellipodium {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21543326}. Note=Predominantly cytoplasmic, however when endothelial cells are stimulated with lysophosphatidic acid, PLEKHG5 is found in perinuclear regions and at the cell membrane (PubMed:16467373). Localizes at cell-cell junctions in quiescent endothelial cells, and relocalizes to cytoplasmic vesicle and the leading edge of lamellipodia in migrating endothelial cells (PubMed:21543326). {Experimental EvidencePubMed:16467373, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21543326}.
Functions as a guanine exchange factor (GEF) for RAB26 and thus regulates autophagy of synaptic vesicles in axon terminal of motoneurons (PubMed:29084947). Involved in the control of neuronal cell differentiation. Plays a role in angiogenesis through regulation of endothelial cells chemotaxis (PubMed:21543326). Affects also the migration, adhesion, and matrix/bone degradation in macrophages and osteoclasts (By similarity). {By
SimilarityUniProtKB:O94827, Experimental EvidencePubMed:21543326, Experimental EvidencePubMed:29084947}.