CDH16

This gene is a member of the cadherin superfamily, genes encoding calcium-dependent, membrane-associated glycoproteins. Mapped to a previously identified cluster of cadherin genes on chromosome 16q22.1, the gene localizes with superfamily members CDH1, CDH3, CDH5, CDH8 and CDH11. The protein consists of an extracellular domain containing 6 cadherin domains, a transmembrane region and a truncated cytoplasmic domain but lacks the prosequence and tripeptide HAV adhesion recognition sequence typical of most classical cadherins. Expression is exclusively in kidney, where the protein functions as the principal mediator of homotypic cellular recognition, playing a role in the morphogenic direction of tissue development. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]

Description

Cadherin 16

Tissue specificity

Tissue enriched (kidney)

Predicted location

Intracellular, Membrane

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted membrane proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

16 (66908122 - 66918917)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000166589  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Cdh16: ENSMUSG00000031881

UniProt

O75309

neXtProt

NX_O75309

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure