Homo sapiens Gene: CDH8
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-34762.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol CDH8
Gene Name cadherin 8, type 2
Synonyms Nbla04261
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000150394
Encoded Proteins
cadherin 8, type 2
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene encodes a type II classical cadherin from the cadherin superfamily, 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. The extracellular domain consists of 5 subdomains, each containing a cadherin motif, and appears to determine the specificity of the protein's homophilic cell adhesion activity. 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 in brain and is putatively involved in synaptic adhesion, axon outgrowth and guidance. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
This gene encodes a type II classical cadherin from the cadherin superfamily, 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. The extracellular domain consists of 5 subdomains, each containing a cadherin motif, and appears to determine the specificity of the protein\'s homophilic cell adhesion activity. 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 in brain and is putatively involved in synaptic adhesion, axon outgrowth and guidance. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 16:61647242-62037035
Strand Reverse strand
Band q21
Transcripts
ENST00000299345 ENSP00000299345
ENST00000584337 ENSP00000463511
ENST00000584966
ENST00000584506 ENSP00000462847
ENST00000582980
ENST00000577730 ENSP00000462018
ENST00000577228
ENST00000577536
ENST00000585315 ENSP00000463266
ENST00000580044
ENST00000583382 ENSP00000462976
ENST00000577390 ENSP00000462701
ENST00000582242
ENST00000583483
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 1 [view]
Protein-Protein 1 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Biological Process
GO:0007155 cell adhesion
GO:0007156 homophilic cell adhesion
GO:0007268 synaptic transmission
GO:0009409 response to cold
GO:0034329 cell junction assembly
GO:0034332 adherens junction organization
GO:0035249 synaptic transmission, glutamatergic
GO:0045216 cell-cell junction organization
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0043083 synaptic cleft
GO:0043679 axon terminus
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Adherens junctions interactions pathway
Cell-Cell communication pathway
Cell junction organization pathway
Cell-cell junction organization pathway
KEGG
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.368322 Hs.564897 Hs.616832 Hs.678816 Hs.738916
RefSeq NM_001796 XM_005255759
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS10802
HPRD 04306
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas