Concept information
Preferred term
Ankyrins
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Ankyrin
Note
- membrane proteins; from the Greek word for anchor with ref to their role in attachment of the cytoskeleton; /drug eff /ultrastruct permitted
Scope note
- A family of membrane-associated proteins responsible for the attachment of the cytoskeleton. Erythrocyte-related isoforms of ankyrin attach the SPECTRIN cytoskeleton to a transmembrane protein (ANION EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1, ERYTHROCYTE) in the erythrocyte plasma membrane. Brain-related isoforms of ankyrin also exist.
History note
- 93; was ANKYRIN (NM) 1979-92
In other languages
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Finnish
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ankyriini
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017487
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