Muscle-specific filamin, which plays a central role in sarcomere assembly and organization (PubMed:34405687). Critical for normal myogenesis, it probably functions as a large actin-cross-linking protein with structural functions at the Z lines in muscle cells. May be involved in reorganizing the actin cytoskeleton in response to signaling events (By similarity)

CytoplasmMembraneCytoplasm, cytoskeletonCytoplasm, myofibril, sarcomere, Z line

Myopathy, myofibrillar, 5

A form of myofibrillar myopathy, a group of chronic neuromuscular disorders characterized at ultrastructural level by disintegration of the sarcomeric Z disk and myofibrils, and replacement of the normal myofibrillar markings by small dense granules, or larger hyaline masses, or amorphous material. MFM5 is characterized by onset in adulthood, clinical features of a limb-girdle myopathy, and focal myofibrillar destruction.