PEPL_HUMAN

Source: PM19886704
PM23856902
Marked as 'Membrane associated protein'
Confidence: low (only semi-automatic identification from reviews) Search PubMed for
(RBC AND this entry)

Gene names: PPL , KIAA0568
Protein names and data: PEPL_HUMAN , Periplakin , 190 kDa paraneoplastic pemphigus antigen; 195 kDa cornified envelope precursor protein Lenght: 1756 a.a.
Mass: 204747 Da
fasta formatted sequence

Function: Component of the cornified envelope of keratinocytes. May link the cornified envelope to desmosomes and intermediate filaments. May act as a localization signal in PKB/AKT-mediated signaling.
Cellular location: Cell junction, desmosome. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell membrane (By similarity). Nucleus (By similarity). Mitochondrion (By similarity). Note=Associated with desmosomes and intermediate filaments.
Tissue specificity: Expressed in stratified squamous epithelia and in some other epithelia.

Genetic variants

Database cross-references

UniProt: O60437
Ensembl: ENST00000345988
MIM: 602871
neXtProt: NX_O60437
Antibodypedia: O60437 (may not find the protein thus also not any antibody)
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