PCDHGC3

Protocadherin gamma-C3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHGC3 gene.[4][5][6]

PCDHGC3
Identifiers
AliasesPCDHGC3, PC43, PCDH-GAMMA-C3, PCDH2, protocadherin gamma subfamily C, 3
External IDsOMIM: 603627 MGI: 1935201 HomoloGene: 31099 GeneCards: PCDHGC3
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 5 (human)[1]
Band5q31.3Start141,475,947 bp[1]
End141,512,977 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

5098

93706

Ensembl

ENSG00000240184

ENSMUSG00000102918

UniProt

Q9UN70

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_032403
NM_002588
NM_032402

NM_033581

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002579
NP_115778
NP_115779

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 141.48 – 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 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: ENSG00000240184 - 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. Lynch ED, Lee MK, Morrow JE, Welcsh PL, Leon PE, King MC (Dec 1997). "Nonsyndromic deafness DFNA1 associated with mutation of a human homolog of the Drosophila gene diaphanous". Science. 278 (5341): 1315–8. Bibcode:1997Sci...278.1315L. doi:10.1126/science.278.5341.1315. PMID 9360932. S2CID 43492826.
  5. Sano K, Tanihara H, Heimark RL, Obata S, Davidson M, St John T, Taketani S, Suzuki S (Jul 1993). "Protocadherins: a large family of cadherin-related molecules in central nervous system". EMBO J. 12 (6): 2249–56. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1993.tb05878.x. PMC 413453. PMID 8508762.
  6. "Entrez Gene: PCDHGC3 protocadherin gamma subfamily C, 3".

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