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Corneodesmosin/S protein

Function

Important for the epidermal barrier integrity.

Involvement in disease

Hypotrichosis 2

HYPT2

A condition characterized by the presence of less than the normal amount of hair. Affected individuals have normal hair in early childhood but experience progressive hair loss limited to the scalp beginning in the middle of the first decade and almost complete baldness by the third decade. Body hair, beard, eyebrows, axillary hair, teeth, and nails develop normally. HYPT2 inheritance is autosomal dominant.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Peeling skin syndrome 1

PSS1

A genodermatosis characterized by generalized, continuous shedding of the outer layers of the epidermis. Two main PSS subtypes have been suggested. Patients with non-inflammatory PSS (type A) manifest white scaling, with painless and easy removal of the skin, irritation when in contact with water, dust and sand, and no history of erythema, pruritis or atopy. Inflammatory PSS (type B) is associated with generalized erythema, pruritus and atopy. It is an ichthyosiform erythroderma characterized by lifelong patchy peeling of the entire skin with onset at birth or shortly after. Several patients have been reported with high IgE levels.

None

The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. CDNS mutations are responsible for generalized, inflammatory peeling skin syndrome type B (PubMed:20691404).

Tissue specificity

Exclusively expressed in skin.

Cellular localization

  • Secreted
  • Found in corneodesmosomes, the intercellular structures that are involved in desquamation.

Alternative names

  • Corneodesmosin
  • S protein
  • CDSN

Target type

Proteins

Primary research area

Oncology

Molecular weight

51522Da

We found 6 products in 3 categories

Primary Antibodies

Application

Reactive species

Assay Kits

Reactive species

Detection method

Proteins & Peptides

Species of origin

Nature