CLDN6

CLDN6
Identifiers
Aliases	CLDN6, claudin 6
External IDs	OMIM: 615798; MGI: 1859284; HomoloGene: 10300; GeneCards: CLDN6; OMA:CLDN6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 16 (human) Band 16p13.3 Start 3,014,712 bp End 3,020,071 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 17 (mouse) Band 17|17 A3.3 Start 23,898,223 bp End 23,901,420 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in gonad islet of Langerhans putamen placenta cerebellar hemisphere striated muscle tissue skeletal muscle tissue right hemisphere of cerebellum stromal cell of endometrium metanephros Top expressed in yolk sac embryo epiblast genital tubercle tail of embryo primitive streak blastocyst glomerulus morula renal vein More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function structural molecule activity identical protein binding protein binding virus receptor activity Cellular component bicellular tight junction cell junction membrane apicolateral plasma membrane integral component of membrane plasma membrane Biological process cell-cell junction organization viral process calcium-independent cell-cell adhesion via plasma membrane cell-adhesion molecules viral entry into host cell Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 9074 54419 Ensembl ENSG00000184697 ENSMUSG00000023906 UniProt P56747 Q9Z262 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_021195 NM_018777 RefSeq (protein) NP_067018 NP_061247 Location (UCSC) Chr 16: 3.01 – 3.02 Mb Chr 17: 23.9 – 23.9 Mb PubMed search
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Claudin-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN6 gene. It belongs to the group of claudins. The knockout mice of mouse homolog exhibit no phenotype, indicating that claudin-6 is dispensable for normal development and homeostasis.

External links

• Human CLDN6 genome location and CLDN6 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.

Further reading

• Kniesel U, Wolburg H (2000). "Tight junctions of the blood–brain barrier". Cell. Mol. Neurobiol. 20 (1): 57–76. doi:10.1023/A:1006995910836. PMC 11537529. PMID 10690502. S2CID 26473781.
• Heiskala M, Peterson PA, Yang Y (2001). "The roles of claudin superfamily proteins in paracellular transport". Traffic. 2 (2): 93–8. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0854.2001.020203.x. PMID 11247307.
• Tsukita S, Furuse M, Itoh M (2001). "Multifunctional strands in tight junctions". Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 2 (4): 285–93. doi:10.1038/35067088. PMID 11283726. S2CID 36524601.
• Tsukita S, Furuse M (2003). "Claudin-based barrier in simple and stratified cellular sheets". Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 14 (5): 531–6. doi:10.1016/S0955-0674(02)00362-9. PMID 12231346.
• González-Mariscal L, Betanzos A, Nava P, Jaramillo BE (2003). "Tight junction proteins". Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 81 (1): 1–44. doi:10.1016/S0079-6107(02)00037-8. PMID 12475568.
• Morita K, Sasaki H, Furuse M, Tsukita S (1999). "Endothelial Claudin: Claudin-5/Tmvcf Constitutes Tight Junction Strands in Endothelial Cells". J. Cell Biol. 147 (1): 185–94. doi:10.1083/jcb.147.1.185. PMC 2164984. PMID 10508865.
• Itoh M, Furuse M, Morita K, et al. (2000). "Direct Binding of Three Tight Junction-Associated Maguks, Zo-1, Zo-2, and Zo-3, with the Cooh Termini of Claudins". J. Cell Biol. 147 (6): 1351–63. doi:10.1083/jcb.147.6.1351. PMC 2168087. PMID 10601346.
• Turksen K, Troy TC (2001). "Claudin-6: a novel tight junction molecule is developmentally regulated in mouse embryonic epithelium". Dev. Dyn. 222 (2): 292–300. doi:10.1002/dvdy.1174. PMID 11668606. S2CID 22718714.
• Kiuchi-Saishin Y, Gotoh S, Furuse M, et al. (2002). "Differential expression patterns of claudins, tight junction membrane proteins, in mouse nephron segments". J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 13 (4): 875–86. doi:10.1681/ASN.V134875. PMID 11912246.
• Turksen K, Troy TC (2002). "Permeability barrier dysfunction in transgenic mice overexpressing claudin 6". Development. 129 (7): 1775–84. doi:10.1242/dev.129.7.1775. PMID 11923212.
• Morita K, Furuse M, Yoshida Y, et al. (2002). "Molecular architecture of tight junctions of periderm differs from that of the maculae occludentes of epidermis". J. Invest. Dermatol. 118 (6): 1073–9. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01774.x. PMID 12060405.
• Reyes JL, Lamas M, Martin D, et al. (2003). "The renal segmental distribution of claudins changes with development". Kidney Int. 62 (2): 476–87. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00479.x. PMID 12110008.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Katoh M, Katoh M (2004). "CLDN23 gene, frequently down-regulated in intestinal-type gastric cancer, is a novel member of CLAUDIN gene family". Int. J. Mol. Med. 11 (6): 683–9. doi:10.3892/ijmm.11.6.683. PMID 12736707.
• Liu F, Koval M, Ranganathan S, Fanayan S, Hancock WS, Lundberg EK, Beavis RC, Lane L, Duek P, McQuade L, Kelleher NL, Baker MS (2015). "A systems proteomics view of the endogenous human claudin protein family". J Proteome Res. 15 (2): 339–359. doi:10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00769. PMC 4777318. PMID 26680015.