KAZN
Function
Component of the cornified envelope of keratinocytes. May be involved in the interplay between adherens junctions and desmosomes. The function in the nucleus is not known.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the kazrin family.
Tissue Specificity
Isoform 2, isoform 3 and isoform 4 are expressed in several cell lines including keratinocytes and bladder and epidermoid carcinoma (at protein level). Isoform 2, isoform 3 and isoform 4 are expressed in hair follicle and interfollicular epidermis (at protein level).
Cellular localization
- Cytoplasm
- Cytoskeleton
- Isoform 2
- Cytoplasm
- Cell junction
- Desmosome
- Nucleus
- Observed at the apical plasma membrane of keratinocytes. Partially colocalizes with PPL and DP at desmosomes, and with PP at the interdesmosomal plasma membrane. Colocalizes with cortical actin-based membrane structures.
- Isoform 3
- Cytoplasm
- Cell junction
- Desmosome
- Nucleus
- Observed at the apical plasma membrane of keratinocytes. Partially colocalizes with PPL and DP at desmosomes, and with PP at the interdesmosomal plasma membrane. Colocalizes with cortical actin-based membrane structures.
- Isoform 4
- Cytoplasm
- Cell junction
- Desmosome
- Nucleus
- Observed at the apical plasma membrane of keratinocytes. Partially colocalizes with PPL and DP at desmosomes, and with PP at the interdesmosomal plasma membrane. Colocalizes with cortical actin-based membrane structures.
Alternative names
C1orf196, KAZ, KIAA1026, HRIHFB2003, KAZN, Kazrin