SPTBN4

SPTBN4
Identifiers
AliasesSPTBN4, QV, SPNB4, SPTBN3, spectrin beta, non-erythrocytic 4, CMND, NEDHND
External IDsOMIM: 606214; MGI: 1890574; HomoloGene: 11879; GeneCards: SPTBN4; OMA:SPTBN4 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

57731

80297

Ensembl

ENSG00000160460

ENSMUSG00000011751

UniProt

Q9H254

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020971
NM_025213

NM_001199234
NM_001199235
NM_001199236
NM_032610

RefSeq (protein)

NP_066022
NP_079489

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 40.47 – 40.58 MbChr 7: 27.06 – 27.15 Mb
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Spectrin, beta, non-erythrocytic 4, also known as SPTBN4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SPTBN4 gene.

Spectrin is an actin crosslinking and molecular scaffold protein that links the cell membrane to the actin cytoskeleton, and functions in the determination of cell shape, arrangement of transmembrane proteins, and organization of organelles. It is composed of two antiparallel dimers of alpha- and beta- subunits. This gene is one member of a family of beta-spectrin genes. The encoded protein localizes to the nuclear matrix, PML nuclear bodies, and cytoplasmic vesicles. A highly similar gene in mice is required for localization of specific membrane proteins in polarized regions of neurons. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.