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cadherin-2; neural cadherin; N-cadherin; CDw325; CD325 (CDH2, CDHN, NCAD)

Function: - cadherin - may be involved in neuronal recognition - interacts with CDCP1 Structure: contains 5 cadherin domains Compartment: cell membrane Genetics: - there may be two cadherin genes: one at 5p13-14 (N-cadherin 2) & the other on chromosome 18

General

cadherin cluster-of-differentiation antigen; cluster designation antigen; CD antigen glycoprotein phosphoprotein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 906 aa MW = 100 kD COMPARTMENT: cellular membrane MOTIF: signal sequence {1-25} cadherin domain {160-267} MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N190} cadherin domain {268-382} MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N273} N-glycosylation site {N325} cadherin domain {383-497} MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N402} cadherin domain {498-603} MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N572} cadherin domain {604-714} MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N651} N-glycosylation site {N692} transmembrane domain {725-745} Tyr phosphorylation site {Y785} serine-rich region {863-878} MOTIF: serine residue (SEVERAL)

Database Correlations

OMIM 114020 UniProt P19022 PFAM correlations Entrez Gene 1000 Kegg hsa:1000

References

  1. UniProt :accession P19022
  2. Takeichi M. Cadherin cell adhesion receptors as a morphogenetic regulator. Science. 1991 Mar 22;251(5000):1451-5. Review. PMID: 2006419
  3. Walsh FS et al N-cadherin gene maps to human chromosome 18 and is not linked to the E-cadherin gene. J Neurochem. 1990 Sep;55(3):805-12. PMID: 2384753
  4. Entrez Gene :accession 1000