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nuclear membrane proteins

Members

- emerin
- lamin A/C (lamin A and C are alternatively spliced variants of the same gene)

Pathology (nuclear envelopathies)

- emerin deficiency results in X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD).
- lamin A/C mutations cause

  • autosomal-dominant form of EDMD
  • limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with atrioventricular conduction disturbances (type 1B)
  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy
  • progeria

See also

- nuclear membranes