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Facts about Protocadherin-16.
In the center, has a important function for proper morphogenesis of the mitral valve, behaving in the regulation of cell migration involved in valve formation (PubMed:26258302). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | DCHS1 |
| Uniprot: | Q96JQ0 |
| Entrez: | 8642 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

protocadherin-16; CDH25; CDHR6; dachsous 1 (Drosophila); FIB1; PCDH16
Mass (kDA):
346.181 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11p15.4 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (6621330..6655809, complement) |
Expressed in fibroblasts but not in melanocytes or keratinocytes.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. In the embryonic cortex, FAT4 and DCHS1 accumulated at the cell-cell boundaries located apical to the adherens junction.




PMID: 11597768 by Nakajima D., et al. Identification of three novel non-classical cadherin genes through comprehensive analysis of large cDNAs.
PMID: 9199196 by Matsuyoshi N., et al. Multiple cadherins are expressed in human fibroblasts.