Description
Product Characteristics:
Adducins are a family of cytoskeleton proteins encoded by three genes (alpha, beta and gamma). Adducin is a protein associated with the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane and is one of the proteins localized at the spectrin-Actin junction of the membrane skeleton. The cortical Actin cytoskeletal network is lost during apoptosis and Adducins are central in the cortical Actin network organization. Adducin alpha is a cytoskeletal protein involved with sodium-pump activity in the renal tubule and is associated with hypertension. The expression of Adducin alpha and Adducin gamma is ubiquitous in contrast to the restricted expression of Adducin beta. Adducin beta is expressed at high levels in brain and hematopoietic tissues, such as bone marrow in humans and spleen in mice.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: ADD 1, ADD A, ADD1, ADD1 protein, ADDA, ADDA_HUMAN, Adducin 1 alpha, Adducin 1 alpha, Alpha adducin, Alpha-adducin, Erythrocyte adducin alpha subunit, Erythrocyte adducin subunit alpha, MGC3339, MGC44427, OTTHUMP00000151163, OTTHUMP00000151164, OTTHUMP00000151165, OTTHUMP00000218664, OTTHUMP00000218665
Target Information: Adducins are a family of cytoskeleton proteins encoded by three genes (alpha, beta, gamma). Adducin is a heterodimeric protein that consists of related subunits, which are produced from distinct genes but share a similar structure. Alpha- and beta-adducin include a protease-resistant N-terminal region and a protease-sensitive, hydrophilic C-terminal region. Alpha- and gamma-adducins are ubiquitously expressed. In contrast, beta-adducin is expressed at high levels in brain and hematopoietic tissues. Adducin binds with high affinity to Ca(2+)/calmodulin and is a substrate for protein kinases A and C. Alternative splicing results in multiple variants encoding distinct isoforms\, however, not all variants have been fully described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]