[Term]
id: PR:000003165
name: spectrin beta subunit
def: "A protein that is the beta subunit of spectrin. Spectrin is a tetrameric actin-crosslinking protein which contains two alpha and two beta subunits. Spectrins are involved in the support of general membrane integrity, stabilization of cell-cell interactions, axonal growth, normal functioning of the Golgi complex and organization of synaptic vesicles." [PIRSF:PIRSF002297]
comment: Category=family.
xref: PIRSF:PIRSF002297
is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein