Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables alpha-catenin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cell-cell adhesion; desmosome assembly; and skin development. Located in several cellular components, including Z disc; adherens junction; and intermediate filament. Part of catenin complex. Is active in cornified envelope. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system; and sensory organ. Used to study arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 12 and epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cardiomyopathy (multiple); palmoplantar keratosis (multiple); renal cell carcinoma; and reproductive organ cancer (multiple). Orthologous to human JUP (junction plakoglobin).
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