disease:Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a potentially lethal skin disease in which epidermal blisters occur as the result of the loss of cell-cell adhesion caused by the action of autoantibodies against desmoglein 3.,domain:Calcium may be bound by the cadherin-like repeats .,function:Component of intercellular desmosome junctions. Involved in the interaction of plaque proteins and intermediate filaments mediating cell-cell adhesion.,similarity:Contains 4 cadherin domains.,tissue specificity:Epidermis, tongue, tonsil, esophagus and carcinomas.,
Cell membrane ; Single-pass type I membrane protein . Cell junction, desmosome .
Epidermis, tongue, tonsil, esophagus and carcinomas. Expressed in skin and mucosa (at protein level) (PubMed:30528827).