claudin-10; OSP-like protein (CLDN10)

Function

• plays a major role in tight junction-specific obliteration of the intercellular space, through Ca+2-independent cell-adhesion activity (putative)

Structure

• belongs to the claudin family

Compartment

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

More general terms

• claudin
• phosphoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=9071
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P78369.html