claudin-4; Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin receptor; CPE-receptor; CPE-R; Williams-Beuren syndrome chromosomal region 8 protein (CLDN4, CPER, CPETR1, WBSCR8)

Function

• plays a major role in tight junction-specific obliteration of the intercellular space (putative)
• directly interacts with TJP1/ZO-1, TJP2/ZO-2 & TJP3/ZO-3 (putative)

Structure

• belongs to the claudin family

Compartment

• cell junction, tight junction
• cell membrane; multi-pass membrane protein

More general terms

• claudin

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1364
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1364
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602909
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14493.html