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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Phosphoproteins > Plectin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Cytoskeletal Proteins > Plakins > Plectin

Preferred term

Plectin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 500 kDa HD1 Protein
  • 500-kDa HD1 Protein
  • HD1, Hemidesmosomal Protein
  • HD1 Protein, 500-kDa
  • Hemidesmosomal Protein HD1

Scope note

  • A cytoskeletal linker protein with a molecular weight of greater than 500 kDa. It binds INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; and ACTIN CYTOSKELETON and plays a central role in the organization and stability of the CYTOSKELETON. Plectin is phosphorylated by CALMODULIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE A; and PROTEIN KINASE C.

History note

  • 2006(1982)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D051190

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