PCDHA8 (protocadherin alpha 8)

Gene

• Entrez ID: 56140
• Gene name: Protocadherin alpha 8
• Gene symbol: PCDHA8
• Synonyms (NCBI Gene): PCDH-ALPHA8
• Chromosome: 5
• Chromosome location: 5q31.3
• Summary: This gene is a member of the protocadherin alpha gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five that demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The alpha ge

miRNA

miRTarBase ID	miRNA	Experiments	Reference
MIRT053678	hsa-miR-181a-5p	Microarray	22942087
MIRT053713	hsa-miR-221-3p	Microarray	22942087

Gene ontology (GO)

GO ID	Ontology	Definition	Evidence	Reference
GO:0005509	Function	Calcium ion binding	IEA
GO:0005886	Component	Plasma membrane	IBA
GO:0005886	Component	Plasma membrane	IEA
GO:0005886	Component	Plasma membrane	TAS	10380929
GO:0007155	Process	Cell adhesion	IBA
GO:0007155	Process	Cell adhesion	IEA
GO:0007155	Process	Cell adhesion	TAS	10380929
GO:0007156	Process	Homophilic cell adhesion via plasma membrane adhesion molecules	IEA
GO:0007399	Process	Nervous system development	IEA
GO:0007399	Process	Nervous system development	TAS	10380929
GO:0016020	Component	Membrane	IEA
GO:0050839	Function	Cell adhesion molecule binding	IBA

Other IDs

• MIM: 606314
• HGNC: 8674
• e!Ensembl: ENSG00000204962

Protein

• UniProt ID: Q9Y5H6
• Protein name: Protocadherin alpha-8 (PCDH-alpha-8)
• Protein function: Potential calcium-dependent cell-adhesion protein. May be involved in the establishment and maintenance of specific neuronal connections in the brain.
• Family and domains:

  Pfam

  Accession	ID	Position in sequence	Description	Type
  PF08266	Cadherin_2	30 → 112	Cadherin-like	Domain
  PF00028	Cadherin	139 → 233	Cadherin domain	Domain
  PF00028	Cadherin	247 → 341	Cadherin domain	Domain
  PF00028	Cadherin	355 → 446	Cadherin domain	Domain
  PF00028	Cadherin	460 → 556	Cadherin domain	Domain
  PF00028	Cadherin	581 → 670	Cadherin domain	Domain
  PF15974	Cadherin_tail	800 → 933	Cadherin C-terminal cytoplasmic tail, catenin-binding region	Family

• Sequence:

  MDYHWRGELGSWRLLLLLLLLAAWKVGSGQLHYSVPEEAKHGTFVGRIAQDLGLELAELV
  PRLFRVASKRHRDLLEVSLQNGILFVNSRIDREELCGRSAECSIHLEVIVDRPLQVFHVD
  VEVKDVNDNPPVFRVKDQKLFVSESRMPDSRFPLEGASDADVGANSVLTYRLSSHDYFML
  DVNSKNDENKLVELVLRKSLDREDAPAHHLFLTATDGGKPELTGTVQLLVTVLDVNDNAP
  TFEQSEYEVRIFENADNGTTVIKLNASDPDEGANGAISYSFNSLVETMVIDHFSIDRNTG
  EIVIRGNLDFEQENLYKILIDATDKGHPPMAGHCTVLVRILDKNDNVPEIALTSLSLPVR
  EDAQFGTVIALISVNDLDSGANGQVTCSLMPHVPFKLVSTFKNYYSLVLDSALDRERVSA
  YELVVTARDGGSPSLWATASLSVEVADVNDNAPAFAQPEYTVFVKENNPPGCHIFTVSAR
  DADAQENALVSYSLVERRVGERSLSSYISVHTESGKVYALQPLDHEELELLQFQVSARDA
  GVPPLGSNVTLQVFVLDENDNAPALLEPRVGGTGGAASKLVPRSVGAGHVVAKVRAVDAD
  SGYNAWLSYELQPAASSPRIPFRVGLYTGEISTTRVLDEADSPRHRLLVLVKDHGEPALT
  ATATVLVSLVESGQAPKASSRQSAGVLGPEAALVDVNVYLIIAICAVSSLLVLTLLLYTA
  LRCSALPTEGGCRAGKPTLVCSSAVGSWSYSQQQPQRVCSGEGPPKTDLMAFSPCLPPDL
  GSVDVGEEQDLNVDHGLKPRQPNPDWRYSASLRAGMHSSVHLEEAGILRAGPGGPDQQWP
  TVSSATPEPEAGEVSPPVGAGVNSNSWTFKYGPGNPKQSGPGELPDKFIIPGSPAIISIR
  QEPTNSQIDKSDFITFGKKEETKKKKKKKKGNKTQEKKEKGNSTTDNSDQ

• Sequence length: 950

Associated diseases

Evidence Score:

• ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only
• ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations
• ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources
• ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
• ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)

Unknown / Other Associations
Phenotype Name	Clinical Significance	Source	Evidence Score
INSOMNIA	—	GWAS catalog	★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER	—	GWAS catalog	★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
SCHIZOPHRENIA	—	GWAS catalog	★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations

Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name	Relationship Type	References	Evidence Score
Depressive Disorder Major	Associate	32366953	★☆☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining only
Epilepsy Temporal Lobe	Associate	25243798	★☆☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining only
Glioma	Associate	21962230	★☆☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining only
Myopia	Associate	36036911	★☆☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining only
Prostatic Neoplasms	Associate	30531834	★☆☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining only
Schizophrenia	Associate	32366953	★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations