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FLASH GENE

Symbol

PCDHGA4

contributors: - updated : 04-05-2004

HGNC name	protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 4
HGNC id	8702

FLASH GENE DNA RNA EXPRESSION PROTEIN DISORDER ANIMAL & CELL MODELS

DNA

TYPE	functioning gene
SPECIAL FEATURE	arranged in tandem, component of a cluster
text	component of PCDHG@,subfamily A
STRUCTURE	157.00 kb     4 Exon(s)

10 Kb 5' upstream gene genomic sequence study

text structure

the first large exon corresponding to the variable region A4 of the gamma cluster encodes the N terminal extracellular transmembrane domains, the three small last exons corresponding the constant region of the gamma cluster encode the C terminal cytoplasmic domain (identical for each protein in the cluster)

MAPPING

cloned

Y

linked

Y

status

provisional

Map	cen - PCDHGA1 - PCDHGA2 - PCDHGA3 - PCDHGB1 - PCDHGA4 - PCDHGB2 - PCDHGA5 - PCDHGB3 - PCDHGA6 - PCDHGA7 - PCDHGB4 - PCDHGA8 - PCDHGB5 - PCDHGA9 - PCDHGB6 - PCDHGA10 - PCDHGB7 - PCDHGA11 - PCDHGA12 - PCDHGC3 - PCDHGC4 - PCDHGC5 - qter
Authors	Wu (01)

RNA

TRANSCRIPTS	type	messenger

identification nb exons type bp product Protein kDa AA specific expression Year Pubmed PCDHGA4 isoform 1 - - 4600 100.6 931 Wu - variable region A4 and constant region of gamma cluster PCDHGA4 isoform 2 - - 2500 89 820 - Wu terminating downstream intron 1,putatively secreted

EXPRESSION

Type

widely

constitutive of

expressed in	(based on citations)
organ(s)	System Organ level 1 Organ level 2 Organ level 3 Organ level 4 Level Pubmed Species Stage Rna symbol Nervous brain       highly

tissue

System Tissue Tissue level 1 Tissue level 2 Level Pubmed Species Stage Rna symbol Nervous peripherous

cells

System Cell Pubmed Species Stage Rna symbol Nervous neuron

cell lineage

cell lines

fluid/secretion

at STAGE

PROTEIN

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

STRUCTURE

motifs/domains

a signal peptide,six extracellular cadherin repeats,a transmembrane segment encoded by a unique exonand a cytoplasmic tail identical for each protein in the cluster

conjugated

GlycoP

HOMOLOGY

interspecies

homolog to murine Pcdhga4 protocadherin gamma subfamily A,4

intraspecies

homolog to cadherin

Homologene

FAMILY	cadherin superfamily of calcium dependent cell-cell adhesion glycoproteins
	protocadherin subfamily

CATEGORY

adhesion , receptor membrane

SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION	plasma membrane,junction
text	integral membrane protein type I, localized at the synaptic junction

basic FUNCTION

cadherin-related neuronal receptor,putatively involved in the specificity of neuronal connections

CELLULAR PROCESS

PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS

development , nervous system

text	playing a putative role in cell-cell interactions critical in the developmentof the central nervous system,mediating adhesion in synaptic junctions through lack-in process

PATHWAY

metabolism

signaling

neurotransmission

a component

INTERACTION

DNA

RNA

small molecule	metal binding,
	calcium Ca2+

protein

cytoplasmic domain putatively connecting to intermediate filaments

cell & other

cells expressing the same protocadherin

REGULATION

ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

ANIMAL & CELL MODELS