Term Information

Accession
GO:0008091
Name
spectrin
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Membrane associated dimeric protein (240 and 220 kDa) of erythrocytes. Forms a complex with ankyrin, actin and probably other components of the membrane cytoskeleton, so that there is a mesh of proteins underlying the plasma membrane, potentially restricting the lateral mobility of integral proteins. Source: GOC:curators, ISBN:0815316194
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008091 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of spectrin (GO:0008091)
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spectrin [is_a relation] is_a  protein-containing complex (GO:0032991)
spectrin [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cortical actin cytoskeleton (GO:0030864)

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NIF_Subcellular
sao536287099
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Spectrin