spectrin

id: GO:0008091
name: spectrin
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

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