2011
Cell organization, growth, and neural and cardiac development require αII-spectrin
Stankewich MC, Cianci CD, Stabach PR, Ji L, Nath A, Morrow JS. Cell organization, growth, and neural and cardiac development require αII-spectrin. Journal Of Cell Science 2011, 124: 3956-3966. PMID: 22159418, PMCID: PMC3244980, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.080374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAnimalsAnkyrinsAxonsBody PatterningCarrier ProteinsCell MembraneCell PolarityCell ProliferationCraniofacial AbnormalitiesEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleFibroblastsGene DeletionHeart Defects, CongenitalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicrofilament ProteinsNeural Tube DefectsNeuroepithelial CellsPhenotypeProtein StabilityPseudopodiaSpectrinConceptsΑII-spectrinSteady-state protein levelsΒIII spectrinEmbryonic day 12.5Tissue patterningRenal epithelial cellsEmbryonic lethalCortical actinOrgan developmentAnkyrin BExon trappingEmbryonic fibroblastsTranscriptional levelΒ-spectrinCardiac developmentCell organizationCell spreadingAxon formationNeural tubeHeterozygous animalsTargeted disruptionApical membraneNeuroepithelial cellsDay 12.5Cell morphology
2010
Ankyrin recognizes both surface character and shape of the 14–15 di-repeat of β-spectrin
La-Borde PJ, Stabach PR, Simonović I, Morrow JS, Simonović M. Ankyrin recognizes both surface character and shape of the 14–15 di-repeat of β-spectrin. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2010, 392: 490-494. PMID: 20079712, PMCID: PMC2839365, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.01.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimal recognition motifRecognition motifMembrane protein traffickingSpectrin-based cytoskeletonDistinct recognition mechanismsSite-directed mutagenesisComplementary surface chargesHigh-affinity complexProtein traffickingMembrane organizationBeta spectrinLinker mutationsΒ-spectrinBinding surfaceIsothermal titration calorimetryAnkyrinRecognition mechanismTitration calorimetry