Basic Information

Symbol
SPTAN1
RNA class
mRNA
Alias
Spectrin Alpha, Non-Erythrocytic 1 Spectrin Alpha Chain, Non-Erythrocytic 1 Spectrin, Non-Erythroid Alpha Subunit Fodrin Alpha Chain Alpha-II Spectrin Alpha-Fodrin SPTA2 NEAS Epididymis Secretory Sperm Binding Protein Spectrin, Non-Erythroid Alpha Chain HMND11 DEVEP EIEE5 HMN11 SPG91 DEE5
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
-

MANE select

Transcript ID
NM_001130438.3
Sequence length
7875.0 nt
GC content
0.5342

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 7875 nt 0.5342
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 7800 nt 0.5344
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 7938 nt 0.5336
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 7815 nt 0.5344
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 7962 nt 0.5348
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 8490 nt 0.5475
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 8541 nt 0.5470
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 7857 nt 0.5342
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 8430 nt 0.5477
GCCACUACCCGCUGCGGAGUGAACGGUGUGGAGCGGAGGCCGCGGAGGC… 8604 nt 0.5464
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Summary

Spectrins are a family of filamentous cytoskeletal proteins that function as essential scaffold proteins that stabilize the plasma membrane and organize intracellular organelles. Spectrins are composed of alpha and beta dimers that associate to form tetramers linked in a head-to-head arrangement. This gene encodes an alpha spectrin that is specifically expressed in nonerythrocytic cells. The encoded protein has been implicated in other cellular functions including DNA repair and cell cycle regulation. Mutations in this gene are the cause of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy-5. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]

Forensic Context

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