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Facts about Protocadherin-8.
Could be involved in CDH2 internalization via TAOK2/p38 MAPK pathway. In hippocampal neurons, can play a role in the down-regulation of dendritic spines, maybe through its action on CDH2 endocytosis (By similarity).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | PCDH8 |
Uniprot: | O95206 |
Entrez: | 5100 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
Arcadlin; PAPC; PCDH8; protocadherin 8; Protocadherin8; Protocadherin-8
Mass (kDA):
113.019 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 13q14.3 |
Sequence: | 13; NC_000013.11 (52842889..52848640, complement) |
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell projection, dendrite. Cell junction, synapse, presynaptic cell membrane. Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane. Also expressed in neuronal cell bodies. Localized to excitatory, but not with inhibitory, synapses.
PMID: 9787079 by Strehl S., et al. Characterization of two novel protocadherins (PCDH8 and PCDH9) localized on human chromosome 13 and mouse chromosome 14.
PMID: 11230163 by Wu Q., et al. Comparative DNA sequence analysis of mouse and human protocadherin gene clusters.