Recombinant Human Spectrin alpha chain, brain (SPTAN1), Truncated

Uniprot Id

Q13813

Target Species

Human

Target Name

SPTAN1

Target Full Name

Spectrin alpha chain, non-erythrocytic 1

Target Function

Fodrin, which seems to be involved in secretion, interacts with calmodulin in a calcium-dependent manner and is thus candidate for the calcium-dependent movement of the cytoskeleton at the membrane.

Target Involvement

Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 5 (EIEE5)

Target Subcellular Location

Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm, cell cortex.

Target Protein Families

Spectrin family

Target Research Area

Signal Transduction

Target Synonyms

(ALPHA)II-SPECTRIN; Alpha II Spectrin; Alpha-II spectrin; brain; EIEE5; FLJ17738; FLJ44613; Fodrin alpha chain; Fodrin, alpha; NEAS; Non erythrocytic spectrin alpha; non-erythroid alpha chain; SPECA; Spectrin alpha chain; Spectrin alpha chain brain; Spectrin alpha non erythrocytic 1; Spectrin; Spectrin non erythroid alpha chain; Spectrin, alpha, non-erythrocytic 1 (alpha-fodrin); Spectrin, nonerythroid, alpha subunit; Spna2; SPTA 2; SPTA2; SPTA2_HUMAN; SPTAN 1; SPTAN1

Target Background

Spectrins are a family of filamentous cytoskeletal proteins that function as essential scaffold proteins that stabilize the plasma membrane and organize intracellular organelles. Spectrins are composed of alpha and beta dimers that associate to form tetramers linked in a head-to-head arrangement. This gene encodes an alpha spectrin that is specifically expressed in nonerythrocytic cells. The encoded protein has been implicated in other cellular functions including DNA repair and cell cycle regulation. Mutations in this gene are the cause of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy-5. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.