PCDH18

PCDH18
Identifiers
Aliases PCDH18, PCDH68L, protocadherin 18
External IDs MGI: 1920423 HomoloGene: 10389 GeneCards: PCDH18
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

54510

73173

Ensembl

ENSG00000189184

ENSMUSG00000037892

UniProt

Q9HCL0

Q8VHR0

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001300828
NM_019035

NM_130448

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001287757.1
NP_061908.1

NP_569715.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 137.52 – 137.53 Mb Chr 3: 49.74 – 49.76 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Protocadherin-18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDH18 gene.[3][4][5]

This gene belongs to the protocadherin gene family, a subfamily of the cadherin superfamily. This gene encodes a protein which contains 6 extracellular cadherin domains, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic tail differing from those of the classical cadherins. Although its specific function is undetermined, the cadherin-related neuronal receptor is thought to play a role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Nollet F, Kools P, van Roy F (Jul 2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of the cadherin superfamily allows identification of six major subfamilies besides several solitary members". J Mol Biol. 299 (3): 551–72. doi:10.1006/jmbi.2000.3777. PMID 10835267.
  4. Wolverton T, Lalande M (Sep 2001). "Identification and characterization of three members of a novel subclass of protocadherins". Genomics. 76 (1–3): 66–72. doi:10.1006/geno.2001.6592. PMID 11549318.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: PCDH18 protocadherin 18".

Further reading


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