NRCAM

Neuronal cell adhesion molecule

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Identifiers
Symbols NRCAM ; KIAA0343; MGC138845; MGC138846
External IDs OMIM: 601581 MGI: 104750 HomoloGene: 21041 GeneCards: NRCAM Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4897 319504
Ensembl ENSG00000091129 ENSMUSG00000020598
UniProt Q92823 Q810U4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001037132 NM_001146031
RefSeq (protein) NP_001032209 NP_001139503
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
108.15 – 108.46 Mb
Chr 12:
44.33 – 44.6 Mb
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Neuronal cell adhesion molecule is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NRCAM gene.[1][2]

Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily. This gene encodes a neuronal cell adhesion molecule with multiple immunoglobulin-like C2-type domains and fibronectin type-III domains. This ankyrin-binding protein is involved in neuron-neuron adhesion and promotes directional signaling during axonal cone growth. This gene is also expressed in non-neural tissues and may play a general role in cell-cell communication via signaling from its intracellular domain to the actin cytoskeleton during directional cell migration. Allelic variants of this gene have been associated with autism[3] and addiction vulnerability. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[2]

References

  1. Lane RP, Chen XN, Yamakawa K, Vielmetter J, Korenberg JR, Dreyer WJ (Dec 1996). "Characterization of a highly conserved human homolog to the chicken neural cell surface protein Bravo/Nr-CAM that maps to chromosome band 7q31". Genomics 35 (3): 456–65. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0385. PMID 8812479.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NRCAM neuronal cell adhesion molecule".
  3. Marui T, Funatogawa I, Koishi S, et al. (2008). "Association of the neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NRCAM) gene variants with autism". Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 12 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1017/S1461145708009127. PMID 18664314.

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