Mus musculus Protein: Dsg4
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-129909.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Dsg4
Protein Name desmoglein 4
Synonyms CDHF13; lah;
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Protein ENSMUSP00000019426
InnateDB Gene IDBG-129907 (Dsg4)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Component of intercellular desmosome junctions. Involved in the interaction of plaque proteins and intermediate filaments mediating cell-cell adhesion. Coordinates the transition from proliferation to differentiation in hair follicle keratinocytes. {ECO:0000269PubMed:12705872}.
Subcellular Localization Cell membrane {ECO:0000250}; Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. Cell junction, desmosome {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations Note=Defects in Dsg4 are the cause of an autosomal recessive phenotype lanceolate hair (lah). Lah mice pups develop only a few short hairs on the head and neck which form a lance head at the tip and disappear within a few month. They have thickened skin and do not exhibit any growth retardation.
Tissue Specificity Strongly expressed in the skin; during the anagen stage of hair follicles in the matrix, precortex and inner rooth sheath. {ECO:0000269PubMed:12787123}.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Biological Process
GO:0001942 hair follicle development
GO:0007156 homophilic cell adhesion
GO:0016337 single organismal cell-cell adhesion
GO:0030216 keratinocyte differentiation
GO:0030509 BMP signaling pathway
GO:0042640 anagen
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0030057 desmosome
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID MGI:2661061
InterPro IPR000233 Cadherin, cytoplasmic domain
IPR002126 Cadherin
IPR009122 Desmosomal cadherin
IPR009123 Desmoglein
IPR015919 Cadherin-like
PFAM PF01049
PF00028
PRINTS PR00205
PR01818
PR01819
PIRSF
SMART SM00112
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q7TMD7
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q7TMD7
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 16769
UniGene
RefSeq NP_853543
MGI ID
MGI Symbol Dsg4
OMIM
CCDS CCDS29082
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AY191584 AY227349
GenPept AAO91793 AAP44999