PCDH20

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Protocadherin 20

Identifiers

PCDH20; FLJ22218; PCDH13

External IDs

Gene ontology
Molecular Function:	• calcium ion binding • protein binding
Cellular Component:	• membrane • integral to membrane
Biological Process:	• cell adhesion • homophilic cell adhesion

RNA expression pattern

More reference expression data

Orthologs

Human

Mouse

Refseq

NM_022843 (mRNA)
NP_073754 (protein)

NM_178685 (mRNA)
NP_848800 (protein)

Location

Chr 13: 60.88 - 60.89 Mb

Chr 14: 87.31 - 87.32 Mb

Pubmed search

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Protocadherin 20, also known as PCDH20, is a human gene.^[1]

This gene belongs to the protocadherin gene family, a subfamily of the cadherin superfamily. This gene encodes a protein which contains 6 extracellular cadherin domains, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic tail differing from those of the classical cadherins. Although its specific function is undetermined, the cadherin-related neuronal receptor is thought to play a role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Entrez Gene: PCDH20 protocadherin 20.

[edit] Further reading

Suzuki ST (2000). "Recent progress in protocadherin research.". Exp. Cell Res. 261 (1): 13-8. doi:10.1006/excr.2000.5039. PMID 11082270.
Nollet F, Kools P, van Roy F (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of the cadherin superfamily allows identification of six major subfamilies besides several solitary members.". J. Mol. Biol. 299 (3): 551-72. doi:10.1006/jmbi.2000.3777. PMID 10835267.
Yagi T, Takeichi M (2000). "Cadherin superfamily genes: functions, genomic organization, and neurologic diversity.". Genes Dev. 14 (10): 1169-80. PMID 10817752.
Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121-7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMID 15489334.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs.". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40-5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899-903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.
Wu Q, Maniatis T (2000). "Large exons encoding multiple ectodomains are a characteristic feature of protocadherin genes.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (7): 3124-9. doi:10.1073/pnas.060027397. PMID 10716726.
Cross SH, Charlton JA, Nan X, Bird AP (1994). "Purification of CpG islands using a methylated DNA binding column.". Nat. Genet. 6 (3): 236-44. doi:10.1038/ng0394-236. PMID 8012384.