protocadherin fat 3 (hfat3, FAT tumor suppressor homolog 3, FAT3, CDHF15, KIAA1989)

Function

• may play a role in the interactions between neurites
• derived from specific subsets of neurons during development

Structure

• contains 33 cadherin domains
• contains 4 EGF-like domains
• contains 1 laminin G-like domain

Compartment

membrane (putative)

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

• expressed in ES cells, primitive neuroectoderm, fetal brain, infant brain, adult neural tissues & prostate

More general terms

• protocadherin (PCDH)

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TDW7.html