ankyrin

ankyrin
An erythrocyte membranal protein that binds spectrin. A deficiency in a. may lead to a type of hereditary spherocytosis. SYN: anchorin, syndein. [G. ankyra, anchor, + -in]

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an·ky·rin (angґkə-rin) a membrane protein of erythrocytes and brain that anchors spectrin to the plasma membrane at the sites of anion channels. Defects of ankyrin lead to elliptocytosis, spherocytosis, and pyropoikilocytosis.

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