PCDH12 (protocadherin 12)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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51294 |
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Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Protocadherin 12 |
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Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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PCDH12 |
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Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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DMJDS1, VE-cadherin-2, VECAD2 |
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Chromosome
Chromosome number
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5 |
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Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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5q31.3 |
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Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene belongs to the protocadherin gene family, a subfamily of the cadherin superfamily. The encoded protein consists of an extracellular domain containing 6 cadherin repeats, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic tail that differs from those of th |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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| UniProt ID | Q9NPG4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Protein name | Protocadherin-12 (Vascular cadherin-2) (Vascular endothelial cadherin-2) (VE-cad-2) (VE-cadherin-2) [Cleaved into: Protocadherin-12, secreted form] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Cellular adhesion molecule that may play an important role in cell-cell interactions at interendothelial junctions (By similarity). Acts as a regulator of cell migration, probably via increasing cell-cell adhesion (PubMed:21402705). Promotes hom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pfam
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in highly vascularized tissues including the heart and placenta, but most tissues contain a low level of expression (PubMed:11063261). Prominent expression in the spleen (PubMed:11063261). Present in villous and extravillous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 1184 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||