Gene Information
Gene NamePPL
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1756
Protein NamesPeriplakin (190 kDa paraneoplastic pemphigus antigen) (195 kDa cornified envelope precursor protein)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000118898 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBO60437
Gene CardPPL
Uniprot IDO60437
PfamPF17902
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.871917554)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ PPL ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ PPL ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ PPL ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ PPL ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Ppl ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ PPL ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Ppl ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ PPL ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsEVPL
ParalogsEVPL, EVPLL
Tissuetongue
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in stratified squamous epithelia and in some other epithelia. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9412476, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9521878}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4Q28  (X-ray  2.64A 
DBSNP rs8063727  rs35300633  rs1049205  rs34936263  rs2734742  rs35869286  rs2075639  rs12446946  rs2037912  rs35865314 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell junction, desmosome {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9412476}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9412476}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R269}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R269}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
click here to return to the previous page