2009
Imaging of the diffusion of single band 3 molecules on normal and mutant erythrocytes
Kodippili GC, Spector J, Sullivan C, Kuypers FA, Labotka R, Gallagher PG, Ritchie K, Low PS. Imaging of the diffusion of single band 3 molecules on normal and mutant erythrocytes. Blood 2009, 113: 6237-6245. PMID: 19369229, PMCID: PMC2699255, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-02-205450.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBand 3 moleculesBand 3Membrane componentsPeripheral membrane proteinsMembrane-spanning proteinsProtein-protein interactionsBand 3 populationMembrane proteinsSingle-particle trackingIntact human erythrocytesPlasma membraneIntact normal erythrocytesRed cell pathologyMotile propertiesDiseased cellsHuman erythrocyte membranesMutant erythrocytesCell pathologyProteinEntire complexHuman erythrocytesCompartment sizeErythrocyte membranesMembraneMembrane abnormalities
2008
Red cell membrane: past, present, and future
Mohandas N, Gallagher PG. Red cell membrane: past, present, and future. Blood 2008, 112: 3939-3948. PMID: 18988878, PMCID: PMC2582001, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-07-161166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed cell membraneCell membraneCell typesDiverse cell typesHuman cell typesOnly structural componentNatural selectionTransmembrane proteinSkeletal proteinsFunctional characterizationPlasma membraneMembrane envelopeNon-nucleated red cellsMembrane functionRed cell abnormalitiesProteinMembraneDisease statesCellsStructural componentsRed cellsNew lightUnexpected revelationExciting fieldCell abnormalitiesAnkyrin‐linked hereditary spherocytosis in an African–American kindred
Sangerman J, Maksimova Y, Edelman EJ, Morrow JS, Forget BG, Gallagher PG. Ankyrin‐linked hereditary spherocytosis in an African–American kindred. American Journal Of Hematology 2008, 83: 789-794. PMID: 18704959, PMCID: PMC11304496, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitiator methionineNull allelesErythrocyte membrane protein genesMembrane protein geneRabbit reticulocyte lysateTissue-specific promotersErythrocyte membrane skeletonExon 1 sequencesIsoform diversityAlternative splicingTranslation initiationProtein geneAnkyrin geneMembrane skeletonAlternate polyadenylationPlasma membraneReticulocyte lysateMethionine mutationCOOH terminusErythroid cellsDownstream codonsGenomic DNANumerous isoformsAnkyrinGenes
2007
An 11-amino acid β-hairpin loop in the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 is responsible for ankyrin binding in mouse erythrocytes
Stefanovic M, Markham NO, Parry EM, Garrett-Beal LJ, Cline AP, Gallagher PG, Low PS, Bodine DM. An 11-amino acid β-hairpin loop in the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 is responsible for ankyrin binding in mouse erythrocytes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2007, 104: 13972-13977. PMID: 17715300, PMCID: PMC1950715, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706266104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoplasmic domainBeta-hairpin loopSpectrin-actinPlasma membraneBand 3Transmembrane protein band 3Β-hairpin loopProtein band 3Uncharacterized interactionMembrane proteinsProtein ankyrinCytoskeletal networkMembrane cytoskeletonCytoskeletal systemAnkyrinCurrent structural modelsErythrocyte membranesSLC4A1 geneLoop deletionComplete deficiencyDeletionMembraneMouse erythrocytesStructural supportDomain
1997
Structure and Organization of the Human Ankyrin-1 Gene BASIS FOR COMPLEXITY OF PRE-mRNA PROCESSING*
Gallagher P, Tse W, Scarpa A, Lux S, Forget B. Structure and Organization of the Human Ankyrin-1 Gene BASIS FOR COMPLEXITY OF PRE-mRNA PROCESSING*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1997, 272: 19220-19228. PMID: 9235914, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.31.19220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic structureANK-1 geneSpectrin-binding domainMembrane-binding domainIntron/exon boundariesAlternative polyadenylation signalsPre-mRNA processingBrain-specific transcriptFurther genetic studiesErythrocyte membrane proteinsErythroid transcriptsCommon hemolytic anemiaGene basisAlternative splicingRegulatory domainProtein domainsChromosomal genesMembrane proteinsKilobase pairsPolyadenylation signalMembrane skeletonPlasma membraneExon boundariesGenetic studiesAnkyrin 1