2010
A Fused α-β “Mini-spectrin” Mimics the Intact Erythrocyte Spectrin Head-to-head Tetramer*
Harper SL, Li D, Maksimova Y, Gallagher PG, Speicher DW. A Fused α-β “Mini-spectrin” Mimics the Intact Erythrocyte Spectrin Head-to-head Tetramer*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2010, 285: 11003-11012. PMID: 20139081, PMCID: PMC2856305, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.083048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-terminal regionFull-length dimerC-terminal regionRed cell membrane integrityGel filtration analysisLateral associationCell membrane integrityOligomeric stateFusion proteinAlpha-spectrinTetramer formationBeta subunitC-terminalN-terminalConformational statesFunctional studiesFiltration analysisMembrane integritySpectrin heterodimersTerminal peptidesDimer interactionsDistinct groupsSpectrinSpectrin dimersProtein
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
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
Spectrin Oligomerization is Cooperatively Coupled to Membrane Assembly: A Linkage Targeted by Many Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias?
Giorgi M, Cianci C, Gallagher P, Morrow J. Spectrin Oligomerization is Cooperatively Coupled to Membrane Assembly: A Linkage Targeted by Many Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias? Experimental And Molecular Pathology 2001, 70: 215-230. PMID: 11418000, DOI: 10.1006/exmp.2001.2377.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
1996
The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle.
Weed SA, Stabach PR, Oyer CE, Gallagher PG, Morrow JS. The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle. Laboratory Investigation 1996, 74: 1117-29. PMID: 8667615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta ISpectrin skeletonSkeletal muscleMost such mutationsGene transferAdult mouse skeletal muscleDominant-negative fashionErythroid lineage cellsNeonatal skeletal muscleCultured muscle cellsAlpha beta heterodimersErythrocyte shape abnormalitiesMuscle cellsMouse skeletal muscleDefective proteinSpectrin geneAlternative transcriptsHemolytic phenotypeCDNA constructsNull phenotypeC2C12 myoblastsBeta heterodimerSpectrin mutationsSedimentation velocity analysisIntracellular distribution
1992
A common type of the spectrin alpha I 46-50a-kD peptide abnormality in hereditary elliptocytosis and pyropoikilocytosis is associated with a mutation distant from the proteolytic cleavage site. Evidence for the functional importance of the triple helical model of spectrin.
Gallagher PG, Tse WT, Coetzer T, Lecomte MC, Garbarz M, Zarkowsky HS, Baruchel A, Ballas SK, Dhermy D, Palek J. A common type of the spectrin alpha I 46-50a-kD peptide abnormality in hereditary elliptocytosis and pyropoikilocytosis is associated with a mutation distant from the proteolytic cleavage site. Evidence for the functional importance of the triple helical model of spectrin. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1992, 89: 892-898. PMID: 1541680, PMCID: PMC442935, DOI: 10.1172/jci115669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteolytic cleavage sitesAlpha-spectrin chainTriple helical modelCleavage siteHelix 2Helix-breaking proline substitutionsHereditary elliptocytosisAlpha iAlpha-spectrin geneAlpha-helical structureAmino-terminal sideHereditary pyropoikilocytosisHelical modelErythrocyte membrane proteinsLimited tryptic digestionMembrane proteinsSpectrin repeatsDNA sequencesSpectrin chainsHelix 3Position 207Leucine residuesFunctional importanceProline substitutionPoint mutations
1991
An insertional frameshift mutation of the beta-spectrin gene associated with elliptocytosis in spectrin nice (beta 220/216).
Tse W, Gallagher P, Pothier B, Costa F, Scarpa A, Delaunay J, Forget B. An insertional frameshift mutation of the beta-spectrin gene associated with elliptocytosis in spectrin nice (beta 220/216). Blood 1991, 78: 517-23. PMID: 2070088, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v78.2.517.bloodjournal782517.Peer-Reviewed Original Research