PCDHB16

Protocadherin beta 16
Identifiers
SymbolsPCDHB16 ; ME1; PCDH-BETA16; PCDH3X; PCDHB8a
External IDsOMIM: 606345 MGI: 2136754 HomoloGene: 81881 GeneCards: PCDHB16 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez5771793888
EnsemblENSG00000196963ENSMUSG00000046387
UniProtQ9NRJ7Q91VD8
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_020957NM_053142
RefSeq (protein)NP_066008NP_444372
Location (UCSC)Chr 5:
140.56 – 140.57 Mb
Chr 18:
37.49 – 37.49 Mb
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Protocadherin beta-16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB16 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene is a member of the protocadherin beta gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. The gene clusters demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The beta cluster contains 16 genes and 3 pseudogenes, each encoding 6 extracellular cadherin domains and a cytoplasmic tail that deviates from others in the cadherin superfamily. The extracellular domains interact in a homophilic manner to specify differential cell-cell connections. Unlike the alpha and gamma clusters, the transcripts from these genes are made up of only one large exon, not sharing common 3' exons as expected. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins. Their specific functions are unknown but they most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell neural connections.[3]

References

  1. Wu Q, Zhang T, Cheng JF, Kim Y, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Dickson M, Noonan JP, Zhang MQ, Myers RM, Maniatis T (Mar 2001). "Comparative DNA Sequence Analysis of Mouse and Human Protocadherin Gene Clusters". Genome Res 11 (3): 389–404. doi:10.1101/gr.167301. PMC 311048. PMID 11230163.
  2. Vanhalst K, Kools P, Vanden Eynde E, van Roy F (Apr 2001). "The human and murine protocadherin-beta one-exon gene families show high evolutionary conservation, despite the difference in gene number". FEBS Lett 495 (1–2): 120–5. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02372-9. PMID 11322959.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: PCDHB16 protocadherin beta 16".

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