delta 2 Catenin: Proteins and Enzymes

Delta-Catenin, is a member of the p120 catenin subfamily of catenins. Delta-Catenin/NPRAP was identified as a protein homologous to plakophilin 1 and as a protein interacting with the loop region of presenilin 1 (PS1), the gene most commonly mutated in Alzheimer's disease. Delta-Catenin/NPRAP is almost exclusively expressed in the central nervous system mainly during early brain development. Delta-Catenin/NPRAP has been shown to co-localize and interact with N-cadherin in the mouse brain and to undergo dynamic relocalization during brain development.