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FLASH GENE

Symbol

PCDHGA11

contributors: mct - updated : 11-05-2012

HGNC name	protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 11
HGNC id	8698

FLASH GENE DNA RNA EXPRESSION PROTEIN DISORDER ANIMAL & CELL MODELS

EXPRESSION

Type

widely

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	six extracellular cadherin repeats
	a transmembrane segment encoded by a unique exon
	a cytoplasmic tail identical for each protein in the cluster

conjugated

GlycoP

isoforms

Precursor

HOMOLOGY

interspecies

homolog to murine Pcdhga11 protocadherin gamma subfamily A,11

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 specific neuronal connections

CELLULAR PROCESS

PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS

development , nervous system

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

PATHWAY

metabolism

signaling

signal transduction

a component

INTERACTION

DNA

RNA

small molecule	metal binding,
	Ca2+

protein

cytoplasmic domain putatively connecting to intermediate filaments

cell & other

cells expressing the same protocadherin

REGULATION

ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

corresponding disease(s)

Other morbid association(s)

Type Gene Modification Chromosome rearrangement Protein expression Protein Function tumoral     --low   by hypermethylation in astrocytomas (WHO grades II and III), glioblastomas (WHO grade IV), and glioma cell lines

Susceptibility

Variant & Polymorphism

Candidate gene

Marker

Therapy target

ANIMAL & CELL MODELS