Cell Component
sarcoglycan complex
Definitions related to sarcoglycan complexes:
  • (sarcoglycan complex) 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.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Complexes composed of subunits of the different sarcoglycans. The sarcoglycan complex is a component of the DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX. Mutations abolishing the expression of sarcoglycans of the muscle sarcoglycan complex are associated with of LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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