sarcoglycan complex

Term ID

GO:0016012

Synonyms

• sarcoglycan-sarcospan complex

Definition

A protein complex formed of four sarcoglycans plus sarcospan; there are six known sarcoglycans: alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta-, epsilon- and zeta-sarcoglycan; all are N-glycosylated single-pass transmembrane proteins. The sarcoglycan-sarcospan complex is a subcomplex of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex, and is fixed to the dystrophin axis by a lateral association with the dystroglycan complex. (2)

References

Ontology

GO: Cellular Component    QuickGO    AmiGO