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Structural highlights

Disease

[ANK1_HUMAN] Defects in ANK1 are a cause of spherocytosis type 1 (SPH1) [MIM:182900]; also called hereditary spherocytosis type 1 (HS1). Spherocytosis is a hematologic disorder leading to chronic hemolytic anemia and characterized by numerous abnormally shaped erythrocytes which are generally spheroidal. Inheritance can be autosomal dominant or recessive.^{[1] [2]}

Function

[ANK1_HUMAN] Attaches integral membrane proteins to cytoskeletal elements; binds to the erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.2, to Na-K ATPase, to the lymphocyte membrane protein GP85, and to the cytoskeletal proteins fodrin, tubulin, vimentin and desmin. Erythrocyte ankyrins also link spectrin (beta chain) to the cytoplasmic domain of the erythrocytes anion exchange protein; they retain most or all of these binding functions.^[3] Isoform Mu17 together with obscurin in skeletal muscle may provide a molecular link between the sarcoplasmic reticulum and myofibrils.^[4]

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Ankyrin 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Eber SW, Gonzalez JM, Lux ML, Scarpa AL, Tse WT, Dornwell M, Herbers J, Kugler W, Ozcan R, Pekrun A, Gallagher PG, Schroter W, Forget BG, Lux SE. Ankyrin-1 mutations are a major cause of dominant and recessive hereditary spherocytosis. Nat Genet. 1996 Jun;13(2):214-8. PMID:8640229 doi:10.1038/ng0696-214
2. ↑ Leite RC, Basseres DS, Ferreira JS, Alberto FL, Costa FF, Saad ST. Low frequency of ankyrin mutations in hereditary spherocytosis: identification of three novel mutations. Hum Mutat. 2000 Dec;16(6):529. PMID:11102985 doi:<529::AID-HUMU13>3.0.CO;2-N 10.1002/1098-1004(200012)16:6<529::AID-HUMU13>3.0.CO;2-N
3. ↑ Michaely P, Tomchick DR, Machius M, Anderson RG. Crystal structure of a 12 ANK repeat stack from human ankyrinR. EMBO J. 2002 Dec 2;21(23):6387-96. PMID:12456646
4. ↑ Michaely P, Tomchick DR, Machius M, Anderson RG. Crystal structure of a 12 ANK repeat stack from human ankyrinR. EMBO J. 2002 Dec 2;21(23):6387-96. PMID:12456646