The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Junction Plakoglobin across different species:

junction plakoglobin (JUP), junction plakoglobin (Jup), junction plakoglobin (jup), junction plakoglobin (Tsp_06656), Junction plakoglobin (plak)

Other aliases include:

DP3, PDGB, PKGB, CTNNG, DPIII, ARVD12, dp3, pdgb, pkgb, ctnng, dpiii, MGC75867, MGC137835, plak

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Junction Plakoglobin:

junction plakoglobin – gamma-catenin – OTTHUMP00000164735 – catenin (cadherin-associated protein), gamma 80kDa – catenin (cadherin-associated protein), gamma (80kD) – gamma-catenin (plakoglobin) – desmoplakin 3 – desmoplakin-3 – desmoplakin III – Junction plakoglobin – junction plakoglobin-like

Junction Plakoglobin fulfills a number of functions:

RPTP-like protein binding – cytoskeletal protein binding – protein phosphatase binding – alpha-catenin binding – cadherin binding – protein binding – protein kinase binding – structural molecule activity – transcription coactivator activity – protein homodimerization activity

Junction Plakoglobin is relevant to the following processes:

cell-cell adhesion – cell migration – cellular response to indole-3-methanol – desmosome assembly – detection of mechanical stimulus – positive regulation of protein import into nucleus – positive regulation of transcription factor activity – protein heterooligomerization – skin development – endothelial cell-cell adhesion

Locations for Junction Plakoglobin:

Z disc – actin cytoskeleton – cytoplasm – cytosol – desmosome – extrinsic to membrane – fascia adherens – internal side of plasma membrane – membrane – membrane fraction – soluble fraction – apicolateral plasma membrane – catenin complex – catenin-TCF7L2 complex – cell-cell adherens junction – cell-cell junction – lateral plasma membrane – nucleus – plasma membrane – protein-DNA complex – cytoskeleton – hemidesmosome – zonula adherens

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology