catenin

Function

• association of catenins to cadherins produces a complex which is linked to the actin filament network, & which seems to be of primary importance for cadherins cell-adhesion properties
• catenin-binding sites in intracellular domain of cadherins are essential for cell-cell adhesion & adhesion of contact sites to cytoskeleton

More general terms

• adhesion receptor

More specific terms

• alpha catenin
• beta catenin
• catenin delta-1; p120 catenin; p120(ctn); cadherin-associated Src substrate; CAS; p120(cas) (CTNND1, KIAA0384)
• catenin delta-2; delta-catenin; neural plakophilin-related ARM-repeat protein; NPRAP; neurojungin; GT24 (CTNND2, NPRAP)
• catenin gamma; junction plakoglobin; desmoplakin-3 (JUP, CTNNG, DP3)

Additional terms

• cadherin