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Structural highlights

Disease

SPTB1_HUMAN Defects in SPTB are the cause of elliptocytosis type 3 (EL3) [MIM:182870. EL3 is a Rhesus-unlinked form of hereditary elliptocytosis, a genetically heterogeneous, autosomal dominant hematologic disorder. It is characterized by variable hemolytic anemia and elliptical or oval red cell shape.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Defects in SPTB are the cause of spherocytosis type 2 (SPH2) [MIM:182870; also known as hereditary spherocytosis type 2 (HS2). Spherocytosis is a hematologic disorder leading to chronic hemolytic anemia and characterized by numerous abnormally shaped erythrocytes which are generally spheroidal. SPH2 is characterized by severe hemolytic anemia. Inheritance is autosomal dominant.

Function

SPTB1_HUMAN Spectrin is the major constituent of the cytoskeletal network underlying the erythrocyte plasma membrane. It associates with band 4.1 and actin to form the cytoskeletal superstructure of the erythrocyte plasma membrane.

Evolutionary Conservation

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See Also

• Spectrin 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Sahr KE, Coetzer TL, Moy LS, Derick LH, Chishti AH, Jarolim P, Lorenzo F, Miraglia del Giudice E, Iolascon A, Gallanello R, et al.. Spectrin cagliari. an Ala-->Gly substitution in helix 1 of beta spectrin repeat 17 that severely disrupts the structure and self-association of the erythrocyte spectrin heterodimer. J Biol Chem. 1993 Oct 25;268(30):22656-62. PMID:8226774
2. ↑ Gallagher PG, Weed SA, Tse WT, Benoit L, Morrow JS, Marchesi SL, Mohandas N, Forget BG. Recurrent fatal hydrops fetalis associated with a nucleotide substitution in the erythrocyte beta-spectrin gene. J Clin Invest. 1995 Mar;95(3):1174-82. PMID:7883966 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI117766
3. ↑ Parquet N, Devaux I, Boulanger L, Galand C, Boivin P, Lecomte MC, Dhermy D, Garbarz M. Identification of three novel spectrin alpha I/74 mutations in hereditary elliptocytosis: further support for a triple-stranded folding unit model of the spectrin heterodimer contact site. Blood. 1994 Jul 1;84(1):303-8. PMID:8018926
4. ↑ Tse WT, Lecomte MC, Costa FF, Garbarz M, Feo C, Boivin P, Dhermy D, Forget BG. Point mutation in the beta-spectrin gene associated with alpha I/74 hereditary elliptocytosis. Implications for the mechanism of spectrin dimer self-association. J Clin Invest. 1990 Sep;86(3):909-16. PMID:1975598 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI114792