PCDHA6

Protocadherin alpha-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHA6 gene.[4][5][6]

PCDHA6
Identifiers
AliasesPCDHA6, CNR2, CNRN2, CNRS2, CRNR2, PCDH-ALPHA6, protocadherin alpha 6
External IDsOMIM: 606312 MGI: 1298367 HomoloGene: 75098 GeneCards: PCDHA6
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 5 (human)[1]
Band5q31.3Start140,827,958 bp[1]
End141,012,347 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

56142

12937

Ensembl

ENSG00000081842

ENSMUSG00000103707

UniProt

Q9UN73

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_031849
NM_018909
NM_031848

NM_007767

RefSeq (protein)

NP_061732
NP_114036
NP_114037

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 140.83 – 141.01 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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This gene is a member of the protocadherin alpha gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five that demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The alpha gene cluster is composed of 15 cadherin superfamily genes related to the mouse CNR genes and consists of 13 highly similar and 2 more distantly related coding sequences. The tandem array of 15 N-terminal exons, or variable exons, are followed by downstream C-terminal exons, or constant exons, which are shared by all genes in the cluster. The large, uninterrupted N-terminal exons each encode six cadherin ectodomains while the C-terminal exons encode the cytoplasmic domain. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins that most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain. Alternative splicing has been observed and additional variants have been suggested but their full-length nature has yet to be determined.[6]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000081842 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. Wu Q, Maniatis T (Jul 1999). "A striking organization of a large family of human neural cadherin-like cell adhesion genes". Cell. 97 (6): 779–90. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80789-8. PMID 10380929. S2CID 6014717.
  5. Sugino H, Hamada S, Yasuda R, Tuji A, Matsuda Y, Fujita M, Yagi T (Apr 2000). "Genomic organization of the family of CNR cadherin genes in mice and humans". Genomics. 63 (1): 75–87. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.6066. PMID 10662547.
  6. "Entrez Gene: PCDHA6 protocadherin alpha 6".

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