protocadherin-23; protein dachsous homolog 2; cadherin-27; cadherin-like protein CDHJ; protocadherin PCDHJ; cadherin-like protein VR8 (DCHS2, CDH27, CDHJ, PCDH23, PCDHJ)

Function

Ca+2-dependent cell-adhesion protein (putative)

Structure

contains 22 cadherin domains

Compartment

membrane (putative)

Alternative splicing

• named isoforms=3
• additional isoforms seem to exist

Expression

cerebral cortex & testis

More general terms

• glycoprotein
• membrane protein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:5479
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6V1P9.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=378433