claudin-23 (CLDN23)

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
• cell membrane; multi-pass membrane protein

Expression

• expressed in germinal center B-cells, placenta, stomach

Pathology

expressed in colonic neoplasms

More general terms

• claudin
• phosphoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=137075
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:137075
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/609203
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96B33.html