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Facts about Envoplakin.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | EVPL |
Uniprot: | Q92817 |
Entrez: | 2125 |
Belongs to: |
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plakin or cytolinker family |
210 KDa Cornified Envelope Precursor Protein; 210 KDa Paraneoplastic Pemphigus Antigen; envoplakin; EVPK; p210
Mass (kDA):
231.604 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 17q25.1 |
Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (76006845..76027306, complement) |
Exclusively expressed in stratified squamous epithelia.
Cell junction, desmosome. Cornified envelope. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Colocalized with DSP at desmosomes and along intermediate filaments.
PMID: 8707850 by Ruhrberg C., et al. Envoplakin, a novel precursor of the cornified envelope that has homology to desmoplakin.
PMID: 10409435 by Risk J.M., et al. Envoplakin, a possible candidate gene for focal NEPPK/esophageal cancer (TOC): the integration of genetic and physical maps of the TOC region on 17q25.