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Homo sapiens Gene: EPCAM
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-50831.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol EPCAM
Gene Name epithelial cell adhesion molecule
Synonyms DIAR5; EGP-2; EGP314; EGP40; ESA; HNPCC8; KS1/4; KSA; M4S1; MIC18; MK-1; TACSTD1; TROP1
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000119888
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-50833
epithelial cell adhesion molecule
IDBP-293525
epithelial cell adhesion molecule
IDBP-374820
epithelial cell adhesion molecule
IDBP-374827
epithelial cell adhesion molecule
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene encodes a carcinoma-associated antigen and is a member of a family that includes at least two type I membrane proteins. This antigen is expressed on most normal epithelial cells and gastrointestinal carcinomas and functions as a homotypic calcium-independent cell adhesion molecule. The antigen is being used as a target for immunotherapy treatment of human carcinomas. Mutations in this gene result in congenital tufting enteropathy. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 2:47345158-47387601
Strand Forward strand
Band p21
Transcripts
ENST00000263735 ENSP00000263735
ENST00000405271 ENSP00000385476
ENST00000456133 ENSP00000410675
ENST00000419334 ENSP00000389028
ENST00000474691
ENST00000490733
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 5 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 2 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 5 [view]
Protein-Protein 5 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 2 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0032403 protein complex binding
Biological Process
GO:0001657 ureteric bud development
GO:0008284 positive regulation of cell proliferation
GO:0023019 signal transduction involved in regulation of gene expression
GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
GO:0048863 stem cell differentiation
GO:2000048 negative regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin
GO:2000648 positive regulation of stem cell proliferation
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0005923 tight junction
GO:0009986 cell surface
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0016323 basolateral plasma membrane
GO:0016324 apical plasma membrane
GO:0016328 lateral plasma membrane
GO:0070062 extracellular vesicular exosome
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSMUSG00000045394
View Gene Order
ENSBTAG00000006474
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.542050 Hs.713827
RefSeq NM_002354
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS1833
HPRD 01709
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas

If you use InnateDB for your research, please cite the following publication:

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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