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Facts about Focadhesin.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FOCAD |
| Uniprot: | Q5VW36 |
| Entrez: | 54914 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

Focadhesin; KIAA1797
Mass (kDA):
200.072 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 9p21.3 |
| Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (20658309..20995955) |
Ubiquitous. High expression in brain followed by testis, muscle, pancreas, heart, ovary, small intestine, placenta, prostate, thymus, kidney, colon, liver, lung, spleen and leukocytes. Expression is reduced in most glioblastomas and all glioblastoma cell lines.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell junction, focal adhesion. Colocalizes with VCL in astrocytes.




PMID: 16877819 by Matlik K., et al. L1 antisense promoter drives tissue-specific transcription of human genes.
PMID: 22427331 by Brockschmidt A., et al. KIAA1797/FOCAD encodes a novel focal adhesion protein with tumour suppressor function in gliomas.