Dematin

Dmtn
Identifiers
AliasesAI325486Epb4.9Epb49dematindematin actin binding protein
External IDsGeneCards:
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

13829

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Ensembl

ENSMUSG00000022099

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UniProt

Q9WV69

Q9WV69

RefSeq (mRNA)

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RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 70.6 – 70.64 Mbn/a
PubMed search[1]n/a
Wikidata
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Dematin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DMTN gene (formerly EPB49).[2][3][4] Dematin functions to stabilize the cytoskeleton structure of red blood cells.[4] In particular, it binds to actin, and induces bundling.[4]


References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Rana AP, Ruff P, Maalouf GJ, Speicher DW, Chishti AH (Aug 1993). "Cloning of human erythroid dematin reveals another member of the villin family". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 90 (14): 6651–5. Bibcode:1993PNAS...90.6651R. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.14.6651. PMC 46990. PMID 8341682.
  3. ↑ Khanna R, Chang SH, Andrabi S, Azam M, Kim A, Rivera A, Brugnara C, Low PS, Liu SC, Chishti AH (May 2002). "Headpiece domain of dematin is required for the stability of the erythrocyte membrane". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99 (10): 6637–42. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99.6637K. doi:10.1073/pnas.052155999. PMC 124455. PMID 12011427.
  4. 1 2 3 "DMTN dematin actin binding protein [ Homo sapiens (human) ]". Retrieved 2026-07-30.

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