DSG2 Component of intercellular desmosome junctions. Involved in the interaction of plaque proteins and intermediate filaments mediating cell-cell adhesion. All of the tissues tested and carcinomas. Note: This description may include information from UniProtKB.
Protein type: Calcium-binding; Cell adhesion; Membrane protein, integral
Chromosomal Location of human Ortholog: 18q12.1
Cellular Component:  apical plasma membrane; cell junction; cell-cell junction; cornified envelope; desmosome; intercalated disc; intracellular membrane-bounded organelle; lateral plasma membrane; plasma membrane
Molecular Function:  calcium ion binding; cell adhesion molecule binding; cell adhesive protein binding involved in bundle of His cell-Purkinje myocyte communication; protein binding
Biological Process:  bundle of His cell-Purkinje myocyte adhesion involved in cell communication; cell adhesion; cell-cell adhesion; desmosome organization; homophilic cell adhesion via plasma membrane adhesion molecules; maternal process involved in female pregnancy; Purkinje myocyte development; regulation of heart rate by cardiac conduction; regulation of ventricular cardiac muscle cell action potential; response to progesterone
Disease: Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, Familial, 10; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 1bb
Reference #:  Q14126 (UniProtKB)
Alt. Names/Synonyms: ARVC10; ARVD10; Cadherin family member 5; CDHF5; CMD1BB; desmoglein 2; Desmoglein-2; DSG2; HDGC; MGC117034; MGC117036; MGC117037
Gene Symbols: DSG2
Molecular weight: 122,294 Da
Basal Isoelectric point: 5.13  Predict pI for various phosphorylation states
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DSG2

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