PCDHGA12

Protocadherin gamma-A12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHGA12 gene.[5][6]

PCDHGA12
Identifiers
AliasesPCDHGA12, CDH21, FIB3, PCDH-GAMMA-A12, protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 12
External IDsOMIM: 603059 MGI: 1935229 HomoloGene: 134588 GeneCards: PCDHGA12
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 5 (human)[1]
Band5q31.3Start141,430,507 bp[1]
End141,512,975 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

26025

93724

Ensembl

ENSG00000253159

ENSMUSG00000102428

UniProt

O60330

Q91XY7

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_032094
NM_003735

NM_033595

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003726
NP_115265

NP_291073

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 141.43 – 141.51 MbChr 18: 37.77 – 37.84 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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 five. 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.[6]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000253159 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000102428 - 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, 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.
  6. "Entrez Gene: PCDHGA12 protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 12".

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