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Facts about Cingulin.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CGN |
Uniprot: | Q9P2M7 |
Entrez: | 57530 |
Belongs to: |
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cingulin family |
cingulin; DKFZp779N1112; KIAA1319
Mass (kDA):
136.386 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1q21.3 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (151510858..151538692) |
Localized on the cytoplasmic face of tight junctions of polarized epithelia and some endothelia. Expressed in pancreas, kidney, liver and lung, but not in skeletal muscle, placenta, brain or heart.
Cell junction, tight junction. Localizes to the apical junction complex composed of tight and adherens junctions.
PMID: 11042084 by Citi S., et al. Human and Xenopus cingulin share a modular organization of the coiled-coil rod domain: predictions for intra- and intermolecular assembly.
PMID: 12023291 by D'Atri F., et al. Evidence for a functional interaction between cingulin and ZO-1 in cultured cells.