CDH8
Cadherin-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CDH8 gene.[1][2][3]
This gene encodes a type II classical cadherin from the cadherin superfamily, integral membrane proteins that mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion. Mature cadherin proteins are composed of a large N-terminal extracellular domain, a single membrane-spanning domain, and a small, highly conserved C-terminal cytoplasmic domain. The extracellular domain consists of 5 subdomains, each containing a cadherin motif, and appears to determine the specificity of the protein's homophilic cell adhesion activity. Type II (atypical) cadherins are defined based on their lack of a HAV cell adhesion recognition sequence specific to type I cadherins. This particular cadherin is expressed in brain and is putatively involved in synaptic adhesion, axon outgrowth and guidance.[3]
References
Further reading
- Tanihara H, Sano K, Heimark RL et al. (1995). "Cloning of five human cadherins clarifies characteristic features of cadherin extracellular domain and provides further evidence for two structurally different types of cadherin". Cell Adhes. Commun. 2 (1): 15–26. doi:10.3109/15419069409014199. PMID 7982033.
- Kido M, Obata S, Tanihara H et al. (1998). "Molecular properties and chromosomal location of cadherin-8". Genomics 48 (2): 186–94. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5152. PMID 9521872.
- Shimoyama Y, Tsujimoto G, Kitajima M, Natori M (2001). "Identification of three human type-II classic cadherins and frequent heterophilic interactions between different subclasses of type-II classic cadherins". Biochem. J. 349 (Pt 1): 159–67. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3490159. PMC 1221133. PMID 10861224.
- Blaschke S, Mueller CA, Markovic-Lipkovski J et al. (2002). "Expression of cadherin-8 in renal cell carcinoma and fetal kidney". Int. J. Cancer 101 (4): 327–34. doi:10.1002/ijc.10623. PMID 12209956.
- 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. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- 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.
- 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. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
External links
PDB gallery |
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| | 1zxk: Crystal Structure of Cadherin8 EC1 domain |
| 2a62: Crystal structure of mouse cadherin-8 EC1-3 |
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- See also
- cell membrane protein disorders
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- Structure
- Organelles
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- centrosome
- epithelia
- cilia
- mitochondria
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- Membrane transport
- ion channels
- vesicular transport
- solute carrier
- ABC transporters
- ATPase
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- Structural
- peroxisome
- cytoskeleton
- cilia
- mitochondria
- nucleus
- scleroprotein
- Membrane
- channelopathy
- solute carrier
- ATPase
- ABC transporters
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- extracellular ligands
- cell surface receptors
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