corneodesmosin (S protein, CDSN)

Compartment

• secreted
• found in corneodesmosomes

Expression

exclusively expressed in skin

Pathology

• defects in CDSN are a cause of hypotrichosis simplex of scalp

Polymorphism

• genetic variation in CDSN may be associated with susceptibility to psoriasis

More general terms

• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/146520
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602593
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q15517.html