Homo sapiens Gene: PCDHB5
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-49924.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol PCDHB5
Gene Name protocadherin beta 5
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000113209
Encoded Proteins
protocadherin beta 5
protocadherin beta 5
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene is a member of the protocadherin beta gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. The gene clusters demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The beta cluster contains 16 genes and 3 pseudogenes, each encoding 6 extracellular cadherin domains and a cytoplasmic tail that deviates from others in the cadherin superfamily. The extracellular domains interact in a homophilic manner to specify differential cell-cell connections. Unlike the alpha and gamma clusters, the transcripts from these genes are made up of only one large exon, not sharing common 3' exons as expected. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins. Their specific functions are unknown but they most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell neural connections. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 5:141135218-141138625
Strand Forward strand
Band q31.3
Transcripts
ENST00000231134 ENSP00000231134
ENST00000623915 ENSP00000485464
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 2 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 2 [view]
Protein-Protein 2 [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:0007156 homophilic cell adhesion
GO:0007268 synaptic transmission
GO:0007416 synapse assembly
GO:0016339 calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Orthologs
No orthologs found for this gene
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9Y5E4
TrEMBL Q59FR6
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 26167
UniGene Hs.119693 Hs.709069
RefSeq NM_015669
HUGO HGNC:8690
OMIM 606331
CCDS CCDS4247
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AB209393 AF134474 AF152498 AF217753 AL117449 BC001186
GenPept AAD43759 AAH01186 AAK51620 AAP97251 BAD92630 CAB55933
RNA Seq Atlas 26167