2004
Mutation of a highly conserved isoleucine disrupts hydrophobic interactions in the αβ spectrin self-association binding site
Gallagher PG, Zhang Z, Morrow JS, Forget BG. Mutation of a highly conserved isoleucine disrupts hydrophobic interactions in the αβ spectrin self-association binding site. Laboratory Investigation 2004, 84: 229-234. PMID: 14661034, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBinding sitesAlpha-spectrin mutationsEvolutionary conservationSpectrin functionSpectrin repeatsTriple helical modelAlpha-spectrinGenetic studiesHydrophobic isoleucineHydrophobic interactionsLow-expression alleleMolecular modelingExpression alleleSpectrinFunctional defectsTriple helixMutationsHelical modelIsoleucineErythrocyte membranesDrosophilaClinical phenotypeNeonatal hemolytic anemiaRepeatsHelix
2001
Dynamic molecular modeling of pathogenic mutations in the spectrin self-association domain
Zhang Z, Weed S, Gallagher P, Morrow J. Dynamic molecular modeling of pathogenic mutations in the spectrin self-association domain. Blood 2001, 98: 1645-1653. PMID: 11535493, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v98.6.1645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-association domainPoint mutationsHuman sequenceDrosophila alpha-spectrinDynamic molecular modelingHuman erythrocyte spectrinCytoskeletal functionSpecific point mutationsConservative substitutionsPrimary sequenceConformational rearrangementsAlpha-spectrinHelical regionHydrophilic residuesAmino acidsMutationsSpectrinSalt bridgeErythrocyte spectrinStructural consequencesPathogenic mutationsRepeat unitsMolecular modelingSequenceStructural disruption
1997
Mutation of a highly conserved residue of betaI spectrin associated with fatal and near-fatal neonatal hemolytic anemia.
Gallagher PG, Petruzzi MJ, Weed SA, Zhang Z, Marchesi SL, Mohandas N, Morrow JS, Forget BG. Mutation of a highly conserved residue of betaI spectrin associated with fatal and near-fatal neonatal hemolytic anemia. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1997, 99: 267-277. PMID: 9005995, PMCID: PMC507794, DOI: 10.1172/jci119155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnemia, Hemolytic, CongenitalArginineBase SequenceConserved SequenceErythrocyte MembraneFemaleHomozygoteHumansHydrops FetalisLaosLeucineMaleMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularMuscle, SkeletalPedigreePeptide MappingPoint MutationPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein ConformationSequence Analysis, DNASpectrinConceptsImportance of leucineEvolutionary conservationSpectrin functionSpectrin repeatsBeta spectrinBetaI spectrinTriple helical modelGenetic studiesSpectrinMutationsSkeletal muscleMolecular modelingTriple helixNormal functionHelical modelLeucineErythrocyte membranesDrosophilaHydrophobic interactionsNeonatal hemolytic anemiaRepeatsHelixConservationResiduesMembrane