PCDH8

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PCDH8
Identifiers
Aliases PCDH8 , ARCADLIN, PAPC, protocadherin 8
External IDs OMIM: 603580; MGI: 1306800; HomoloGene: 1943; GeneCards: PCDH8; OMA:PCDH8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_032949
NM_002590

NM_001042726
NM_021543

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002581
NP_116567

NP_001036191
NP_067518

Location (UCSC) Chr 13: 52.84 – 52.85 Mb Chr 14: 80 – 80.01 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Protocadherin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDH8 gene. [5] [6] [7]

This gene belongs to the protocadherin gene family, a subfamily of the cadherin superfamily. The gene encodes an integral membrane protein that is thought to function in cell adhesion in a CNS-specific manner. Unlike classical cadherins, which are generally encoded by 15-17 exons, this gene includes only 3 exons. Notable is the large first exon encoding the extracellular region, including 6 cadherin domains and a transmembrane region. Alternative splicing yields isoforms with unique cytoplasmic tails. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000136099 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000036422 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Strehl S, Glatt K, Liu QM, Glatt H, Lalande M (Dec 1998). "Characterization of two novel protocadherins (PCDH8 and PCDH9) localized on human chromosome 13 and mouse chromosome 14". Genomics. 53 (1): 81–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5467. PMID   9787079.
  6. Strehl S, LaSalle JM, Lalande M (Oct 1997). "High-resolution analysis of DNA replication domain organization across an R/G-band boundary". Mol Cell Biol. 17 (10): 6157–66. doi:10.1128/MCB.17.10.6157. PMC   232466 . PMID   9315676.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: PCDH8 protocadherin 8".

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