1) Red blood cell protein
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Spectrin is a cytoskeletal protein that lines the intracellular side of the plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells. The protein is named spectrin since it was first isolated as a major protein component of human red blood cells which had been treated with mild detergents; the detergents lysed the cells and the hemoglobin and other cytoplasmic compone...
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<protein> Membrane associated dimeric protein (240 & 220 kD) of erythrocytes. Forms a complex with ankyrin, actin and probably other components of the membrane cytoskeleton, so that there is a meshwork of proteins underlying the plasma membrane, potentially restricting the lateral mobility of integral proteins. Isoforms have been describe...
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(spek´trin) a contractile protein attached to glycophorin at the cytoplasmic surface of the cell membrane of erythrocytes, important in maintenance of cell shape.
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Membrane-associated dimeric protein (240 and 220 kD) of erythrocytes. Forms a complex with ankyrin, actin, and probably other components of the ‘membrane cytoskeleton`, so that there is a meshwork of proteins underlying the plasma membrane, potentially restricting the lateral mobility of integral proteins. Isoforms have been described from other tissues (fodrin, TW-240/260 kD protein), where they are assumed to play a similar role. Contains the EF-hand motif.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: spek′trin Definitions: 1. A filamentous contractile protein that together with actin and other cytoskeleton proteins forms a network that gives the red blood cell membrane its shape and flexibility; a defect or deficiency of spectrin is associated with hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis; the princ...
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