# Beta Spectrin Dmel_CG5870

> protein found in Drosophila melanogaster

**Wikidata**: [Q29811434](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29811434)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/beta-spectrin-dmel-cg5870


## References

1. UniProt
2. [InterPro Release 71.0](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/protein/Q00963)
3. Q20641742
4. [The 'spectraplakins': cytoskeletal giants with characteristics of both spectrin and plakin families](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
5. [GOA](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
6. [Unexpected complexity in the mechanisms that target assembly of the spectrin cytoskeleton](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
7. [Lava lamp, a novel peripheral golgi protein, is required for Drosophila melanogaster cellularization](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
8. [Flying through the drosophila cytoskeletal genome.](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
9. [Transgene rescue identifies an essential function for Drosophila beta spectrin in the nervous system and a selective requirement for ankyrin-2-binding activity](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
10. [Spectrin functions upstream of ankyrin in a spectrin cytoskeleton assembly pathway](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
11. [beta-Spectrin functions independently of Ankyrin to regulate the establishment and maintenance of axon connections in the Drosophila embryonic CNS.](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
12. [Epithelial Cell Polarity and Cell Junctions inDrosophila](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
13. [Membrane domain modulation by Spectrins in Drosophila photoreceptor morphogenesis](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
14. [In vivo induction of postsynaptic molecular assembly by the cell adhesion molecule Fasciclin2.](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
15. [alpha-spectrin is required for germline cell division and differentiation in the Drosophila ovary](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
16. [Presynaptic spectrin is essential for synapse stabilization](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
17. [Drosophila alpha- and beta-spectrin mutations disrupt presynaptic neurotransmitter release](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
18. [Distinct functions of alpha-Spectrin and beta-Spectrin during axonal pathfinding](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
19. [Commissure formation in the embryonic CNS of Drosophila.](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
20. [A postsynaptic spectrin scaffold defines active zone size, spacing, and efficacy at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction.](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
21. [Hts, the Drosophila homologue of Adducin, physically interacts with the transmembrane receptor Golden goal to guide photoreceptor axons](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q00963)
22. ensembl Release 106