Plakophilin

Plakophilin are proteins of the cytoskeleton.[1] The three types of these structural proteins found in humans are PKP1, PKP2, and PKP3; all exhibiting dual localization in the nucleus as well as desmosomes. [2]

Genes include:

• PKP1
• PKP2
• PKP3

See also

• List of conditions caused by problems with junctional proteins

References

1. Plakophilins at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
2. Encyclopedia of Cancer (2011 ed.). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 2011. p. 252. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5. ISBN 978-3-642-16483-5.