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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

desmoplakin [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:3052]

Gene Synonyms

DPI, DPII, KPPS2, PPKS2

Location

Chromosome 6: 7,541,320-7,586,717 forward strand.

GRCh38:CM000668.2

About this gene

This gene has 19 transcripts (splice variants), 264 orthologues, 36 paralogues and is associated with 29 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000379802.8DSP-20196972871aaENSP00000369129.3
 
Protein coding
CCDS4501P15924-1 NM_004415.4MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENST00001137435.1DSP-219100512871aaENSP00000811046.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS4501--Ensembl Canonical ExtendedGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2
ENST00000713904.2DSP-211115992829aaENSP00000519203.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH40 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000710359.3DSP-20887222428aaENSP00000518230.1
 
Protein coding
P15924-3 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000418664.4DSP-20282542272aaENSP00000396591.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS47368P15924-2 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2TSL:1
ENST00000713909.2DSP-21277562106aaENSP00000519208.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH17 -GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000713918.1DSP-2173157111aaENSP00000519218.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH69 -GENCODE Basic
ENST00000713910.2DSP-2132420479aaENSP00000519209.1
 
Protein coding
A0AAQ5BH43 -GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000683682.3DSP-2061158112aaENSP00000508162.2
 
Protein coding
A0A804HL18 -GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000713869.1DSP-2099736200aaENSP00000519174.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH65 --
ENST00000713912.1DSP-2159662314aaENSP00000519211.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH50 --
ENST00000713913.1DSP-21696331798aaENSP00000519212.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH53 --
ENST00000713924.1DSP-218954658aaENSP00000519221.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH21 --
ENST00000713903.1DSP-2108072314aaENSP00000519202.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH50 --
ENST00000713911.1DSP-2144547200aaENSP00000519210.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0AAQ5BH65 --
ENST00000683563.1DSP-2051910No protein-
 
Retained intron
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ENST00000684395.1DSP-2071634No protein-
 
Retained intron
---
ENST00000682228.1DSP-2041508No protein-
 
Retained intron
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ENST00000506617.1DSP-203754No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:3