PCDHGA11

Protocadherin gamma-A11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHGA11 gene.[4][5]

PCDHGA11
Identifiers
AliasesPCDHGA11, PCDH-GAMMA-A11, protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 11
External IDsOMIM: 606298 MGI: 1935228 HomoloGene: 110934 GeneCards: PCDHGA11
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 5 (human)[1]
Band5q31.3Start141,421,047 bp[1]
End141,512,975 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

56105

93723

Ensembl

ENSG00000253873

ENSMUSG00000102742

UniProt

Q9Y5H2

Q91XY8

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_032092
NM_018914
NM_032091

NM_033594

RefSeq (protein)

NP_061737
NP_114480
NP_114481

NP_291072

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 141.42 – 141.51 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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This gene is a member of the protocadherin gamma gene cluster, one of three related clusters tandemly linked on chromosome 5. These gene clusters have an immunoglobulin-like organization, suggesting that a novel mechanism may be involved in their regulation and expression.

The gamma gene cluster includes 22 genes divided into 3 subfamilies. Subfamily A contains 12 genes, subfamily B contains 7 genes and 2 pseudogenes, and the more distantly related subfamily C contains 3 genes. The tandem array of 22 large, variable region exons are followed by a constant region, containing 3 exons shared by all genes in the cluster. Each variable region exon encodes the extracellular region, which includes 6 cadherin ectodomains and a transmembrane region. The constant region exons encode the common cytoplasmic region.

These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain. Alternative splicing has been described for the gamma cluster genes.[5]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000253873 - 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. "Entrez Gene: PCDHGA11 protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 11".

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