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Facts about Contactin-6.
Its association with NOTCH1 boosts NOTCH1 activation through the released notch intracellular domain (NICD) and subsequent translocation to the nucleus. Involved in motor coordination (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CNTN6 |
| Uniprot: | Q9UQ52 |
| Entrez: | 27255 |

| Belongs to: |
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| immunoglobulin superfamily |

CNTN6; contactin 6; Contactin6; Contactin-6; MGC133256; NB3
Mass (kDA):
113.956 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3p26.3 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (978021..1404217) |
Expressed in nervous system. Highly expressed in cerebellum. Expressed at intermediate level in thalamus, subthalamic nucleus. Weakly expressed in corpus callosum, caudate nucleus and spinal cord.
Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor.




PMID: 9486763 by Kamei Y., et al. cDNA cloning and chromosomal localization of neural adhesion molecule, NB-3 in human.
PMID: 20133774 by Bouyain S., et al. The protein tyrosine phosphatases PTPRZ and PTPRG bind to distinct members of the contactin family of neural recognition molecules.