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The protein encoded by this gene is an intermediate filament-associated protein that aggregates keratin intermediate filaments in mammalian epidermis. It is initially synthesized as a polyprotein precursor, profilaggrin (consisting of multiple filaggrin units of 324 aa each), which is localized in keratohyalin granules, and is subsequently proteolytically processed into individual functional filaggrin molecules. Mutations in this gene are associated with ichthyosis vulgaris.[provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]
Predicted intracellular proteins Plasma proteins Cancer-related genes Mutated cancer genes Disease related genes Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)