PERP, Official Symbol PERPprovided by HGNC Official Full Name p53 apoptosis effector related to PMP22provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:17637 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000112378 MIM:609301; AllianceGenome:HGNC:17637 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as THW; KCP1; EKVP7; OLMS2; PIGPC1; KRTCAP1; dJ496H19.1 Summary Involved in activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in cell-cell junction. Implicated in erythrokeratodermia variabilis and mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma with periorificial keratotic plaques. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022] Expression Biased expression in skin (RPKM 558.0), esophagus (RPKM 335.7) and 6 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all