PCDHB16

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PCDHB16
Identifiers
Aliases PCDHB16 , ME1, PCDH-BETA16, PCDH3X, PCDHB8a, protocadherin beta 16
External IDs OMIM: 606345; MGI: 2136754; HomoloGene: 81881; GeneCards: PCDHB16; OMA:PCDHB16 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020957

NM_053142

RefSeq (protein)

NP_066008

NP_444372

Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 141.18 – 141.19 Mb Chr 18: 37.62 – 37.62 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Protocadherin beta-16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB16 gene. [5] [6] [7]

This gene is a member of the protocadherin beta gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. The gene clusters demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The beta cluster contains 16 genes and 3 pseudogenes, each encoding 6 extracellular cadherin domains and a cytoplasmic tail that deviates from others in the cadherin superfamily. The extracellular domains interact in a homophilic manner to specify differential cell-cell connections. Unlike the alpha and gamma clusters, the transcripts from these genes are made up of only one large exon, not sharing common 3' exons as expected. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins. Their specific functions are unknown but they most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell neural connections. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000272674 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000046387 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. Wu Q, Zhang T, Cheng JF, Kim Y, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Dickson M, Noonan JP, Zhang MQ, Myers RM, Maniatis T (Mar 2001). "Comparative DNA Sequence Analysis of Mouse and Human Protocadherin Gene Clusters". Genome Res. 11 (3): 389–404. doi:10.1101/gr.167301. PMC   311048 . PMID   11230163.
  6. Vanhalst K, Kools P, Vanden Eynde E, van Roy F (Apr 2001). "The human and murine protocadherin-beta one-exon gene families show high evolutionary conservation, despite the difference in gene number". FEBS Lett. 495 (1–2): 120–5. doi: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02372-9 . PMID   11322959. S2CID   36671435.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: PCDHB16 protocadherin beta 16".

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