uroplakin-3B (uroplakin IIIb, UPIIIb, p35, UPK3B)

Function

• component of the asymmetric unit membrane (AUM)
• role in AUM-cytoskeleton interaction in terminally differentiated urothelial cells
• contributes to formation of urothelial glycocalyx which may play a role in preventing bacterial adherence
• forms heterodimer with Uroplakin 1b

Compartment

membrane

• heterodimer formation with Uroplakin 1b required for exit from the endoplasmic reticulum

More general terms

• uroplakin

Component of

• asymmetric unit membrane (AUM)

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9BT76.html