Products

Western Blot (Transfected lysate)

Entrez GeneID

GeneBank Accession#

Protein Accession#

Gene Name

PCDHGB4

Gene Alias

CDH20, FIB2, MGC138293, MGC142167, PCDH-GAMMA-B4

Gene Description

protocadherin gamma subfamily B, 4

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

This gene is a member of the protocadherin gamma gene cluster, one of three related clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. These gene clusters have an immunoglobulin-like organization, suggesting that a novel mechanism may be involved in their regulation and expression. The gamma gene cluster includes 22 genes divided into 3 subfamilies. Subfamily A contains 12 genes, subfamily B contains 7 genes and 2 pseudogenes, and the more distantly related subfamily C contains 3 genes. The tandem array of 22 large, variable region exons are followed by a constant region, containing 3 exons shared by all genes in the cluster. Each variable region exon encodes the extracellular region, which includes 6 cadherin ectodomains and a transmembrane region. The constant region exons encode the common cytoplasmic region. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain. This particular family member is expressed in fibroblasts and is thought to play a role in wound healing in response to injury. Alternative splicing has been described for the gamma cluster genes. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

cadherin 20|fibroblast cadherin FIB2