Homo sapiens Protein: PCDHA8
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-49671.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol PCDHA8
Protein Name protocadherin alpha 8
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000367363
InnateDB Gene IDBG-49669 (PCDHA8)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Potential calcium-dependent cell-adhesion protein. May be involved in the establishment and maintenance of specific neuronal connections in the brain.
Subcellular Localization Cell membrane {ECO:0000250}; Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Biological Process
GO:0007155 cell adhesion
GO:0007156 homophilic cell adhesion
GO:0007399 nervous system development
Cellular Component
GO:0005887 integral component of plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR002126 Cadherin
IPR013164 Cadherin, N-terminal
IPR015919 Cadherin-like
PFAM PF00028
PF08266
PRINTS PR00205
PIRSF
SMART SM00112
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9Y5H6
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q9Y5H6
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 56140
UniGene
RefSeq NP_114062
HUGO HGNC:8674
OMIM 606314
CCDS
HPRD 07326
IMGT
EMBL AC005609 AF152316 AF152486 BC136750
GenPept AAC34318 AAD43710 AAD43747 AAI36751