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Official Full Name: junction plakoglobin
Also known as: PG; DP3; PDGB; PKGB; CTNNG; DPIII
This gene encodes a major cytoplasmic protein that is the only known common component in submembrane plaques of desmosomes and intermediate junctions. This protein forms a unique complex with cadherin and desmoglein-cadherin and is a member of the catenin family because it contains a unique repeating amino acid motif called the armadillo repeat. Mutations in this gene are associated with Naxos disease. Alternative splicing occurs in this gene; however, not all transcripts have been fully characterized.