Gene Information
Gene NameFLG
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length4061
Protein NamesFilaggrin
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age25 ( ENSG00000143631 )
Evolutionary StageMammalia
AlphaFoldDBNA
Gene CardFLG
Uniprot IDP20930
PfamPF03516; PF01023
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.499126483)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ FLG ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Flg ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsHRNR, RPTN, FLG2
Tissueskin, zone.of.skin, lower.leg.skin
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in skin, thymus, stomach, tonsils, testis, placenta, kidney, pancreas, mammary gland, bladder, thyroid, salivary gland and trachea, but not detected in heart, brain, liver, lung, bone marrow, small intestine, spleen, prostate, colon, or adrenal gland (PubMed:19384417). In the skin, mainly expressed in stratum granulosum of the epidermis (PubMed:1429717) (PubMed:19384417). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1429717, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19384417}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4PCW  (X-ray  2.20A 
DBSNP rs41267154  rs11588170  rs2011331  rs11584340  rs3120655  rs3120654  rs3120649  rs11581433  rs12750571  rs11204978  rs12407807  rs12405278  rs3120647  rs12405241  rs12073613  rs12407748  rs3126079  rs142592778  rs7522925  rs7512553  rs2184953  rs3126074  rs148050570  rs3126072  rs759244716  rs2065958  rs2065957  rs3120647  rs528344105  rs7512553  rs11204978  rs2065955  rs12073613  rs113933537  rs12728908  rs571269174  rs7518080  rs3814300  rs12083389  rs9436065  rs3120647  rs537909579  rs11584340  rs7512553  rs776603551  rs768192328  rs755367746  rs146212122  rs140464988  rs3814300  rs3126065  rs3814299 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasmic granule {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16710414}. Note=In the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, localized within keratohyalin granules (PubMed:1429717). In granular keratinocytes and in lower corneocytes, colocalizes with calpain-1/CAPN1 (PubMed:21531719). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1429717, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21531719}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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