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Spectrin and phospholipids — the current picture of their fascinating interplay

Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters volume 19, pages 158–179 (2014)Cite this article

Abstract

The spectrin-based membrane skeleton is crucial for the mechanical stability and resilience of erythrocytes. It mainly contributes to membrane integrity, protein organization and trafficking. Two transmembrane protein macro-complexes that are linked together by spectrin tetramers play a crucial role in attaching the membrane skeleton to the cell membrane, but they are not exclusive. Considerable experimental data have shown that direct interactions between spectrin and membrane lipids are important for cell membrane cohesion. Spectrin is a multidomain, multifunctional protein with several distinctive structural regions, including lipid-binding sites within CH tandem domains, a PH domain, and triple helical segments, which are excellent examples of ligand specificity hidden in a regular repetitive structure, as recently shown for the ankyrin-sensitive lipid-binding domain of beta spectrin. In this review, we summarize the state of knowledge about interactions between spectrin and membrane lipids.

Abbreviations

ABD:

actin-binding domain

AE1:

anion exchanger 1

Ank:

ankyrin

CH:

calponin homology domain

GPC:

glycophorin C

MPP1:

membrane palmitoylated protein 1

PC:

phosphatidylcholine

PE:

phosphatidylethanolamine

PH:

pleckstrin homology domain

PI:

phosphatidylinositol

PI(4,5)P2 :

phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate

PS:

phosphatidylserine

SH3:

SRC homology 3 domain

UPA:

Unc5-PIDD-ankyrin domain

ZU5:

domain present in ZO-1 and Unc5-like netrin receptors

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Bogusławska, D.M., Machnicka, B., Hryniewicz-Jankowska, A. et al. Spectrin and phospholipids — the current picture of their fascinating interplay. Cell Mol Biol Lett 19, 158–179 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11658-014-0185-5

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