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FLASH GENE
Symbol GLDN contributors: mct - updated : 23-11-2016
HGNC name gliomedin
HGNC id 29514
EXPRESSION
Type
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Lymphoid/Immunespleen    
Nervousbrain    
Reproductivefemale systemplacenta   
Respiratoryrespiratory tractlarynx   
cells
SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
NervousSchwann cell
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • an olfactomedin (OLF) domain located at the extracellular C-terminus, involved in the accumulation of neuronal plasma membrane voltage-gated sodium channels in the nodes by interacting with NFASC and NRCAM
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Gldn (88.2pc)
    homolog to rattus Gldn (86.6pc)
    Homologene
    FAMILY
    CATEGORY adhesion , signaling
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION extracellular
        plasma membrane
    basic FUNCTION
  • providing a glial cue for the formation of peripheral nodes of Ranvier
  • is one of the essential proteins in the development of the nodes of Ranvier in the vertebrate peripheral nervous system
  • secreted cell adhesion molecule involved in the formation of the nodes of Ranvier
  • major role of gliomedin in node formation and the development of the peripheral nervous system
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • initial clustering of Na(+) channels at heminodes requires glial NRCAM and GLDN, as well as their axonal receptor neurofascin 186 (NFASC186)
  • in the peripheral nervous system (PNS), the axoglial contact mediated by the binding of glial GLDN and NRCAM to axonal NFASC186 is crucial for the initial clustering of voltage-gated Na+ channels at the nodes of Ranvier
  • axoglial contact between GLDN and NFASC186 is essential for the initial clustering of Na+ channels at developing nodes
  • cell & other
  • interacting with neurofascin and NrCAM, two axonal immunoglobulin cell adhesion molecules
  • REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) LCCS11
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    tumoral        
    upregulated in hepatocytes throughout the tumor and in preneoplastic foci
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS