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Homo sapiens Gene: PCDHB8
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-50034.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol PCDHB8
Gene Name protocadherin beta 8
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000120322
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-50036
protocadherin beta 8
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 5:141177790-141180529
Strand Forward strand
Band q31.3
Transcripts
ENST00000239444 ENSP00000239444
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:0007156 homophilic cell adhesion
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSMUSG00000047910
View Gene Order
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9UN66
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 56128
UniGene Hs.287793
RefSeq NM_019120
HUGO HGNC:8693
OMIM 606334
CCDS CCDS4250
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL AF152501 AF282973 BC136801
GenPept AAD43762 AAG10031 AAI36802
RNA Seq Atlas 56128

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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