Loricrin

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LORICRIN
Identifiers
Aliases LORICRIN , loricrin, LOR, loricrin cornified envelope precursor protein
External IDs OMIM: 152445; GeneCards: LORICRIN; OMA:LORICRIN - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000427

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_000418

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Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 153.26 – 153.26 Mb n/a
PubMed search [2] n/a
Wikidata
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Loricrin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LOR gene. [3] [4] [5]

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Function

Loricrin is a major protein component of the cornified cell envelope found in terminally differentiated epidermal cells. [5]

Loricrin is expressed in the granular layer of all keratinized epithelial cells of mammals tested including oral, esophageal and stomach mucosa of rodents, tracheal squamous metaplasia of vitamin A deficient hamster and estrogen induced squamous vaginal epithelium of rats. [6]

Clinical significance

Mutations in the LOR gene are associated with Vohwinkel's syndrome and Camisa disease, both inherited skin diseases.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000203782 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Hohl D, Mehrel T, Lichti U, Turner ML, Roop DR, Steinert PM (May 1991). "Characterization of human loricrin. Structure and function of a new class of epidermal cell envelope proteins". J Biol Chem. 266 (10): 6626–36. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(18)38163-8 . PMID   2007607.
  4. Yoneda K, Hohl D, McBride OW, Wang M, Cehrs KU, Idler WW, Steinert PM (Oct 1992). "The human loricrin gene". J Biol Chem. 267 (25): 18060–6. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)37152-2 . PMID   1355480.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: LOR loricrin".
  6. Hohl D, Ruf Olano B, de Viragh PA, Huber M, Detrisac CJ, Schnyder UW, Roop DR (1993). "Expression patterns of loricrin in various species and tissues". Differentiation. 54 (1): 25–34. doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.1993.tb01585.x. PMID   8405772.

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