CLDN3

CLDN3
Identifiers
Aliases CLDN3, C7orf1, CPE-R2, CPETR2, HRVP1, RVP1, claudin 3
External IDs MGI: 1329044 HomoloGene: 1001 GeneCards: CLDN3
RNA expression pattern


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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

1365

12739

Ensembl

ENSG00000165215

ENSMUSG00000070473

UniProt

O15551

Q9Z0G9

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001306

NM_009902

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001297.1

NP_034032.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 73.77 – 73.77 Mb Chr 5: 134.99 – 134.99 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Claudin 3, also known as CLDN3, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CLDN3 gene.[3] It is a member of the claudin protein family.

Tight junctions represent one mode of cell-to-cell adhesion in epithelial or endothelial cell sheets, forming continuous seals around cells and serving as a physical barrier to prevent solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular space. These junctions are composed of sets of continuous networking strands in the outwardly facing cytoplasmic leaflet, with complementary grooves in the inwardly facing extracytoplasmic leaflet. The protein encoded by this intron-less gene, a member of the claudin family, is an integral membrane protein and a component of tight junction strands. It is also a low-affinity receptor for Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin, and shares amino acid sequence similarity with a putative apoptosis-related protein found in rat.[3]

Interactions

CLDN3 has been shown to interact with CLDN1[4] and CLDN5.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: CLDN3 claudin 3".
  4. 1 2 Coyne CB, Gambling TM, Boucher RC, Carson JL, Johnson LG (Nov 2003). "Role of claudin interactions in airway tight junctional permeability". Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell Mol. Physiol. 285 (5): L1166–78. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00182.2003. PMID 12909588.

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