Primary Identifier | MGI:1914701 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 16 | NCBI Gene Number | 67451 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable several functions, including alpha-catenin binding activity; cadherin binding activity; and protein kinase C binding activity. Involved in maintenance of protein localization at cell tip. Acts upstream of or within cell-cell adhesion and heart development. Located in desmosome; intercalated disc; and intermediate filament. Is expressed in brain; cardiac muscle tissue; and telencephalon. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 9. Orthologous to human PKP2 (plakophilin 2). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous null mice display embryonic lethality with impaired heart formation, hemopericardium, and hemoperitoneum. [provided by MGI curators] |