Plakin

Last updated December 29, 2025

A plakin is a protein that associates with junctional complexes and the cytoskeleton.^[1]

Types include desmoplakin, envoplakin, periplakin, plectin, bullous pemphigoid antigen 1, corneodesmosin, and microtubule actin cross-linking factor.^[2]

References

↑ Plakins at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
↑ William B. Coleman; Gregory J. Tsongalis (2009). Molecular pathology: the molecular basis of human disease. Academic Press. pp. 531–. ISBN 978-0-12-374419-7 . Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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[1] Plakins at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

[ColemanTsongalis2009-2] William B. Coleman; Gregory J. Tsongalis (2009). Molecular pathology: the molecular basis of human disease. Academic Press. pp. 531–. ISBN 978-0-12-374419-7 . Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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