CDH18 (Entrez ID: 1016)

Entrez Gene ID 1016
Official Gene Symbol CDH18 (GeneCards)
Full name cadherin 18
Location 5p14.3
Other ids Vega : OTTHUMG00000090578
MIM : 603019
HGNC : HGNC:1757
Ensembl : ENSG00000145526
Other names CDH14, CDH24, CDH14L
Summary This gene encodes a type II classical cadherin from the cadherin superfamily of integral membrane proteins that mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion. Mature cadherin proteins are composed of a large N-terminal extracellular domain, a single membrane-spanning domain, and a small, highly conserved C-terminal cytoplasmic domain. Type II (atypical) cadherins are defined based on their lack of a HAV cell adhesion recognition sequence specific to type I cadherins. This particular cadherin is expressed specifically in the central nervous system and is putatively involved in synaptic adhesion, axon outgrowth and guidance. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]

Variants

Found 19 variants in this database.