CLDN3

Claudin 3, also known as CLDN3, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CLDN3 gene.^[5] It is a member of the claudin protein family.

CLDN3
Identifiers
Aliases	CLDN3, C7orf1, CPE-R2, CPETR2, HRVP1, RVP1, claudin 3
External IDs	OMIM: 602910; MGI: 1329044; HomoloGene: 1001; GeneCards: CLDN3; OMA:CLDN3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 7 (human)[1] Band 7q11.23 Start 73,768,997 bp[1] End 73,770,270 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 5 (mouse)[2] Band 5 G2|5 74.93 cM Start 135,015,068 bp[2] End 135,016,326 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in mucosa of transverse colon right uterine tube mucosa of sigmoid colon mucosa of ileum left lobe of thyroid gland bronchial epithelial cell right lobe of thyroid gland olfactory zone of nasal mucosa body of pancreas jejunal mucosa Top expressed in large intestine left colon crypt of lieberkuhn of small intestine vestibular membrane of cochlear duct jejunum vestibular sensory epithelium seminal vesicula lacrimal gland duodenum left lung More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transmembrane signaling receptor activity structural molecule activity identical protein binding Cellular component membrane integral component of membrane cell junction apicolateral plasma membrane plasma membrane integral component of plasma membrane lateral plasma membrane bicellular tight junction cytoplasm Biological process calcium-independent cell-cell adhesion via plasma membrane cell-adhesion molecules response to hypoxia protein homooligomerization epithelial cell morphogenesis protein heterooligomerization bicellular tight junction assembly signal transduction response to ethanol Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 1365 12739 Ensembl ENSG00000165215 ENSMUSG00000070473 UniProt O15551 Q9Z0G9 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001306 NM_009902 RefSeq (protein) NP_001297 NP_034032 Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 73.77 – 73.77 Mb Chr 5: 135.02 – 135.02 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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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.^[5]