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

periplakin (PPL), periplakin (Ppl), periplakin (ppl), periplakin (LOC100343940)

Other aliases include:

KIAA0568, MGC134872, AW553870, cb180, sb:cb180, im:7140067, im:7149519

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

periplakin – 195 kDa cornified envelope – 190 kDa paraneoplastic pemphigus antigen – 195kDa protein – periplakin-like

Periplakin fulfills a number of functions:

protein binding – structural constituent of cytoskeleton – molecular_function

Periplakin is relevant to the following processes:

keratinization – biological_process

Locations for Periplakin:

cell junction – cytoplasm – cytoskeleton – desmosome – mitochondrion – nucleus – plasma membrane – extrinsic to plasma membrane – membrane – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology