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CDH12
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Cadherin-12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CDH12 gene.

This gene encodes a type II classical cadherin from the cadherin superfamily of integral membrane proteins that mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion. Mature cadherin proteins are composed of a large N-terminal extracellular domain, a single membrane-spanning domain, and a small, highly conserved C-terminal cytoplasmic domain. Type II (atypical) cadherins are defined based on their lack of an HAV cell adhesion recognition sequence specific to type I cadherins. This particular cadherin appears to be expressed specifically in the brain and its temporal pattern of expression would be consistent with a role during a critical period of neuronal development, perhaps specifically during synaptogenesis.

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References

  1. Selig S, Bruno S, Scharf JM, Wang CH, Vitale E, Gilliam TC, Kunkel LM (Jun 1995). "Expressed cadherin pseudogenes are localized to the critical region of the spinal muscular atrophy gene". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 92 (9): 3702–6. Bibcode:1995PNAS...92.3702S. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.9.3702. PMC 42029. PMID 7731968. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC42029

  2. "Entrez Gene: CDH12 cadherin 12, type 2 (N-cadherin 2)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1010

  3. "Entrez Gene: CDH12 cadherin 12, type 2 (N-cadherin 2)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1010