transmembrane protein 16G; new gene expressed in prostate protein; prostate cancer-associated protein 5; IPCA-5; dresden-transmembrane protein of the prostate; D-TMPP (TMEM16G, ANO7, NGEP, PCANAP5)

Function

• role in cell-cell interactions (putative)

Structure

belongs to the TMEM16 family

Compartment

• isoform 1: cell membrane, concentrates at sites of cell-cell contact
• isoform 2: cytoplasm

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

Expression

• specifically expressed in epithelial cells of the prostate
• up-regulated by androgen

More general terms

• transmembrane 8e protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605096
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6IWH7.html