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Facts about Dematin.
Binds to the erythrocyte membrane glucose transporter-1 SLC2A1/GLUT1, and hence stabilizes and attaches the spectrin-actin network to the erythrocytic plasma membrane. Plays a role in maintaining the functional integrity of PKA-activated erythrocyte shape and the membrane mechanical properties.
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Gene Name: | DMTN |
Uniprot: | Q08495 |
Entrez: | 2039 |
Belongs to: |
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villin/gelsolin family |
Dematin
Mass (kDA):
45.514 kDA
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Location: | 8p21.3 |
Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (22048931..22082527) |
Expressed in platelets (at protein level). Expressed in heart, brain, lung, skeletal muscle, and kidney.
Cytoplasm. Cytoplasm, cytosol. Cytoplasm, perinuclear region. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell membrane. Membrane. Endomembrane system. Cell projection. Localized at the spectrin-actin junction of erythrocyte plasma membrane. Localized to intracellular membranes and the cytoskeletal network. Localized at intracellular membrane-bounded organelle compartment in platelets that likely represent the dense tubular network membrane. Detected at the cell membrane and at the parasitophorous vacuole in malaria-infected erythrocytes at late stages of plasmodium berghei or falciparum development.
PMID: 8341682 by Rana A.P., et al. Cloning of human erythroid dematin reveals another member of the villin family.
PMID: 7615546 by Azim A.C., et al. Isoform cloning, actin binding, and chromosomal localization of human erythroid dematin, a member of the villin superfamily.