Protocadherin

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Protocadherin, cytoplasmic
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Domain organization of different types of cadherins showing unique features of protocadherins: Extracellular domain is longer and intracellular domain lacks attachment with cytoskeleton.
Identifiers
SymbolPDCH
Pfam PF08374
InterPro IPR013585
Membranome 114

Protocadherins (Pcdhs) are the largest mammalian subgroup of the cadherin superfamily of homophilic cell-adhesion proteins. [1] They were discovered by Shintaro Suzuki's group, when they used PCR to find new members of the cadherin family. The PCR fragments that corresponded to protocadherins were found in vertebrate and invertebrate species. [2] This prevalence in a wide range of species suggested that the fragments were part of an ancient cadherin and were thus termed "Protocadherins" as the "first cadherins". Of the approximately 70 Pcdh genes identified in mammalian genomes, over 50 are located in tightly linked gene clusters on the same chromosome. [3] Until recently, it was assumed that this kind of organization can only be found in vertebrates, [3] but Octopus bimaculoides has 168 genes of which nearly three-quarters are found in tandem clusters with the two largest clusters compromising 31 and 17 genes, respectively. [4]

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Classification

In mammals, two types of Pcdh genes have been defined: the non-clustered Pcdhs which are scattered throughout the genome; and the clustered Pcdhs organized in three gene clusters designated α, β, γ which in mouse genome comprises 14, 22 and 22, respectively, large variable exons arrayed in tandem. Each exon is transcribed from its owner promoter and encodes: the entire extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain, and a short and variable intracellular domain of the corresponding Pcdh protein which differs from the Cadherin intracellular domain due to lack of attachment to the cytoskeleton through catenins. [5]

Moreover, these clustered Pcdh genes are predominantly expressed in the developing nervous system [2] and since different subsets of Pcdhs genes are differentially expressed in individual neurons, a vast cell surface diversity may arise from this combinatorial expression. [5] This has led to speculation and further to the proposal that Pcdhs may provide a synaptic-address code for neuronal connectivity or a single-cell barcode for self-recognition/self-avoidance similar to that ascribed to DSCAM proteins of invertebrates. Although vertebrate DSCAMs lack the diversity of their invertebrate counterparts, the selective transcription of individual Pcdh isoforms can be achieved by promoter choice followed by alternative pre-mRNA cis-splicing thus increasing the number of possible combinations.

Function

Homophilic interactions and intracellular signaling

Clustered Pcdhs proteins are detected throughout the neuronal soma, dendrites and axons and are observed in synapses and growth cones. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Like classical cadherins, members of Pcdhs family were also shown to mediate cell-cell adhesion in cell-based assays [11] [12] [13] and most of them showed to engage in homophilic trans-interactions. [14] Schreiner and Weiner [14] showed that Pcdhα and γ proteins can form multimeric complexes. If all three classes of Pcdhs could engage in multimerization of stochastically expressed Pcdhs isoforms, then neurons could produce a large number of distinct homophilic interaction units, amplifying significantly the cell-surface diversity more than the one afforded by stochastic gene expression alone.

As for cytoplasmic domain, all the three classes of clustered Pcdhs proteins are dissimilar, although they are strictly conserved in vertebrate evolution, suggesting a conserved cellular function. [5] This is corroborated by a large number of other interacting proteins including phosphatases, kinases, adhesion molecules and synaptic proteins [15] The cytoplasmic domain also mediates intracellular retention, a property which distinguishes the clustered protocadherins from the related classical cadherins. [16] Furthermore, it was shown that Pcdhs are proteolytically processed by γ-secretase complex, [17] [18] which releases soluble intracellular fragments into the cytoplasm which might have a broad range of functions as acting locally in the cytoplasm and/or even regulate gene expression similarly to other cell-surface proteins such as Notch and N-cadherin. Since these molecules are involved in so many developmental processes like axon guidance and dendrite arborization, mutations in Pcdhs genes and their expression may play a role in Down, Rett as well as Fragile X syndrome, [19] schizophrenia, [20] and neurodegenerative diseases [21]

The cytoplasmic domain of Pcdh-alpha can be divided into two specific types. Both of them enhance homophilic interactions. They associate with neurofillament M and fascin respectively. [22]

Human genes

See also

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Cadherin

Cadherins (named for "calcium-dependent adhesion") are a type of cell adhesion molecule (CAM) that are important in the formation of adherens junctions to allow cells to adhere to each other. Cadherins are a class of type-1 transmembrane proteins, and they are dependent on calcium (Ca2+) ions to function, hence their name. Cell-cell adhesion is mediated by extracellular cadherin domains, whereas the intracellular cytoplasmic tail associates with numerous adaptors and signaling proteins, collectively referred to as the cadherin adhesome.

PCDHB10

Protocadherin beta-10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB10 gene.

PCDHGC3

Protocadherin gamma-C3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHGC3 gene.

PCDH8

Protocadherin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDH8 gene.

PCDHB16

Protocadherin beta-16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB16 gene.

PCDHB13

Protocadherin beta-13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB13 gene.

PCDHB5

Protocadherin beta-5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB5 gene.

PCDHB14

Protocadherin beta-14 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB14 gene.

PCDHB11

Protocadherin beta-11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB11 gene.

PCDHB2

Protocadherin beta-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB2 gene.

PCDH10

Protocadherin-10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDH10 gene.

PCDH7

Protocadherin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDH7 gene.

PCDHB9

Protocadherin beta-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB9 gene.

PCDHB7

Protocadherin beta-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB7 gene.

PCDHB4

Protocadherin beta-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB4 gene.

PCDHGA12

Protocadherin gamma-A12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHGA12 gene.

PCDHGA11

Protocadherin gamma-A11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHGA11 gene.

PCDHB15

Protocadherin beta-15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB15 gene.

PCDHB12 Protein-coding gene in humans

Protocadherin beta-12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB12 gene.

PCDHB3

Protocadherin beta-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB3 gene.

References

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