Summary

Name DES
Full Name Desmin
Synonyms DESM_HUMAN
Primary ID P17661
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Type protein
Relations 12
Function Muscle-specific type III intermediate filament essential for proper muscular structure and function. Plays a crucial role in maintaining the structure of sarcomeres, inter-connecting the Z-disks and forming the myofibrils, linking them not only to the sarcolemmal cytoskeleton, but also to the nucleus and mitochondria, thus providing strength for the muscle fiber during activity (PubMed:25358400). In adult striated muscle they form a fibrous network connecting myofibrils to each other and to the plasma membrane from the periphery of the Z-line structures (PubMed:24200904, PubMed:25394388, PubMed:26724190). May act as a sarcomeric microtubule-anchoring protein

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Regulator Mechanism target score
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation DES 0.526
Publications: 3 Organism: In Vitro
+ down-regulates img/direct_inhibition.png phosphorylation DES 0.321
Publications: 1 Organism: In Vitro
+ img/unknown.png phosphorylation DES 0.321
Publications: 3 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation DES 0.2
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
+ down-regulates quantity by repression img/direct_inhibition.png transcriptional regulation DES 0.243
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation DES 0.244
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/indirect-activation.png transcriptional regulation DES 0.257
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation DES 0.243
Publications: 1 Organism: Mus Musculus