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Symbol PCDHB15 contributors: npt - updated : 14/10/2008
HGNC name protocadherin beta 15
HGNC id 8686
EXPRESSION
Type widely
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Nervousbrain   highly
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • a signal peptide
  • six extracellular cadherin repeats
  • a transmembrane segment
  • a cytoplasmic tail
  • one PXXP motif
  • a putative SH3 protein-binding site, lacking a constant region
    • conjugated GlycoP
    isoforms Precursor
    HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Pcdhb15 protocadherin beta 15
    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 1, 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 development of the central nervous system
    • 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 in the same protocadherin
    • REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS