apoptosis, cytoskeleton organization, cell death, programmed cell death, death, regulation of protein localization,cellular response to stress, intermediate filament-based process, intermediate filament cytoskeleton organization,intermediate filament organization, regulation of protein secretion, regulation of secretion, regulation of protein transport, regulation of cellular localization, regulation of establishment of protein localization,
Cytoplasm .
Expressed predominantly in the intestinal epithelium. Expressed in luminal cells of colonic mucosa. Also expressed in the Merkel cells of keratinized oral mucosa; specifically at the tips of some rete ridges of the gingival mucosa, in the basal layer of the palatal mucosa and in the taste buds of lingual mucosa.