Ankyrin binds to the 15th repetitive unit of erythroid and nonerythroid beta-spectrin.
Kennedy S, Warren S, Forget B, Morrow J. Ankyrin binds to the 15th repetitive unit of erythroid and nonerythroid beta-spectrin. Journal Of Cell Biology 1991, 115: 267-277. PMID: 1833409, PMCID: PMC2289929, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.115.1.267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino-terminal halfRepeat unitsCarboxy-terminal halfCOOH-terminal thirdProkaryotic expression systemNonerythroid cellsIntegral proteinsErythrocyte membrane vesiclesBeta spectrinResidue segmentExpression systemAnkyrinNuclease digestionNonhomologous segmentsMembrane vesiclesTerminal thirdAttachment of spectrinNative spectrinSpectrinAmino acidsPosition 45RepeatsSedimentation velocity experimentsRepetitive unitsCDNA