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Facts about Immunoglobulin superfamily member 5.
In testis, it might function as a cell adhesion molecule rather than a tight-junction protein. It may participate in the adhesion between spermatogonia- spermatogonia, spermatogonia-Sertoli cells, and Sertoli cells- Sertoli cells.
| Mouse | |
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| Gene Name: | Igsf5 |
| Uniprot: | Q7TSN7 |
| Entrez: | 72058 |

| Belongs to: |
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| immunoglobulin superfamily |

GSF5; IGSF5; Immunoglobulin Superfamily 5 Like; Immunoglobulin Superfamily Member 5; Immunoglobulin Superfamily, Member 5; JAM4; JAM-4; JCAM; Junctional Adhesion Molecule 4; Putative Gene, Immunoglobulin Superfamily 5 Like11
Mass (kDA):
40.292 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16|16 C4 |
| Sequence: | 16; |
Localized to kidney glomeruli and small intestinal epithelial cells. In kidney glomeruli, it is localized at slit diaphragm. Also found in spermatogonia, gonocytes, hematopoietic stem cells and Sertoli cells.



PMID: 12773569 by Hirabayashi S., et al. JAM4, a junctional cell adhesion molecule interacting with a tight junction protein, MAGI-1.
PMID: 16982697 by Nagamatsu G., et al. A CTX family cell adhesion molecule, JAM4, is expressed in stem cell and progenitor cell populations of both male germ cell and hematopoietic cell lineages.