CNTN4

CNTN4
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases CNTN4, AXCAM, BIG-2, contactin 4
External IDs MGI: 1095737 HomoloGene: 14257 GeneCards: CNTN4
Genetically Related Diseases
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[1]
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

152330

269784

Ensembl

ENSG00000144619

ENSMUSG00000064293

UniProt

Q8IWV2

Q69Z26

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001206955
NM_001206956
NM_175607
NM_175612
NM_175613

NM_001109749
NM_001109751
NM_173004

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001193884.1
NP_001193885.1
NP_783200.1
NP_783302.1

NP_001103219.1
NP_001103221.1
NP_766592.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 2.1 – 3.06 Mb Chr 6: 105.68 – 106.7 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
Wikidata
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Contactin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CNTN4 gene.[4][5][6]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. It is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored neuronal membrane protein that functions as a cell adhesion molecule. It may play a role in the formation of axon connections in the developing nervous system. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.[6]

Genomics

The gene is located on the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p26.3). It is a single copy gene within the Watson (plus) strand, 957,399 bases in length and encodes a protein of 1026 amino acids (molecular weight 113.454 kDa)

Clinical relevance

Abnormal expression of this gene has been implicated in some cases of autism.[7] It has also been associated with cerebellar degeneration in spinocerebellar ataxia type 16.

References

  1. "Diseases that are genetically associated with CNTN4 view/edit references on wikidata".
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  4. Yoshihara Y, Kawasaki M, Tamada A, Nagata S, Kagamiyama H, Mori K (Mar 1996). "Overlapping and differential expression of BIG-2, BIG-1, TAG-1, and F3: four members of an axon-associated cell adhesion molecule subgroup of the immunoglobulin superfamily". J Neurobiol. 28 (1): 51–69. doi:10.1002/neu.480280106. PMID 8586965.
  5. Zeng L, Zhang C, Xu J, Ye X, Wu Q, Dai J, Ji C, Gu S, Xie Y, Mao Y (Aug 2002). "A novel splice variant of the cell adhesion molecule contactin 4 ( CNTN4) is mainly expressed in human brain". J Hum Genet. 47 (9): 497–9. doi:10.1007/s100380200073. PMID 12202991.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: CNTN4 contactin 4".
  7. http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n18220544-autism-genes/

Further reading


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