• Gene id: 9708

Gene Summary

• Gene Symbol: PCDHGA8   Gene   UCSC   Ensembl
• Aliases: PCDH-GAMMA-A8
• Gene name: protocadherin gamma subfamily A, 8
• Alternate names: protocadherin gamma-A8,
• Gene location: 5q31.3 (141391915: 141512978)     Exons: 4     NC_000005.10
• Gene summary(Entrez): This gene is a member of the protocadherin gamma gene cluster, one of three related clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. These gene clusters have an immunoglobulin-like organization, suggesting that a novel mechanism may be involved in their regul
• OMIM: 606295

Protein Summary

• Protein general information: Q9Y5G5  
  • Name: Protocadherin gamma A8 (PCDH gamma A8)
  • Length: 932  
  • Mass: 101480
• Sequence:

  MAAPQSRPRRGELILLCALLGTLWEIGRGQIRYSVPEETDKGSFVGNISKDLGLDPRKLAKHGVRIVSRGRTQLF
  ALNPRSGSLITAGRIDREELCAQSPRCLININTLVEDKGKLFGVEIEIIDINDNNPKFQVEDLEVKINEIAVPGA
  RYPLPEAVDPDVGVNSLQSYQLSPNHHFSLDVQTGDNGAINPELVLERALDREEEAAHHLVLTASDGGKPPRSST
  VRIHVTVLDTNDNAPVFPHPIYRVKVLENMPPGTRLLTVTASDPDEGINGKVAYKFRKINEKQTPLFQLNENTGE
  ISIAKSLDYEECSFYEMEIQAEDVGALLGRTKLLISVEDVNDNRPEVIITSLFSPVLENSLPGTVIAFLSVHDQD
  SGKNGQVVCYTRDNLPFKLEKSIGNYYRLVTRKYLDRENVSIYNITVMASDLGTPPLSTETQIALHVADINDNPP
  TFPHASYSAYILENNLRGASIFSLTAHDPDSQENAQVTYSVTEDTLQGAPLSSYISINSDTGVLYALQSFDYEQI
  RDLQLLVTASDSGDPPLSSNMSLSLFVLDQNDNAPEILYPALPTDGSTGVELAPRSAERGYLVTKVVAVDRDSGQ
  NAWLSYRLLKASEPGLFSVGLHTGEVRTARALLDRDALKQSLVVAVQDHGQPPLSATVTLTVAVADSIPEVLTEL
  GSLKPSVDPNDSSLTLYLVVAVAAISCVFLAFVAVLLGLRLRRWHKSRLLQDSGGRLVGVPASHFVGVEEVQAFL
  QTYSQEVSLTADSRKSHLIFPQPNYADMLISQEGCEKNDSLLTSVDFHEYKNEADHGQQAPPNTDWRFSQAQRPG
  TSGSQNGDDTGTWPNNQFDTEMLQAMILASASEAADGSSTLGGGAGTMGLSARYGPQFTLQHVPDYRQNVYIPGS
  NATLTNAAGKRDGKAPAGGNGNKKKSGKKEKK

• Structural information:
  • Protein Domains: (30..13-)
    (/note="Cadherin-1)
    (/evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00043-)
    (134..24-)
    (/note="Cadherin-2)
    (/evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00043-)
    (243..34-)
    (/note="Cadherin-3)
    (/evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:-)
  • Interpro: IPR002126  IPR015919  IPR032455  IPR031904  IPR020894   IPR013164  
  • Prosite: PS00232 PS50268
  • STRING: ENSP00000381605
• Other Databases: GeneCards:  PCDHGA8  Malacards:  PCDHGA8

Gene ontology

GO accession	Term name	Evidence code	Go category
GO:0007155	cell adhesion	IBA	biological process
GO:0005887	integral component of plasma membrane	IBA	cellular component
GO:0005509	calcium ion binding	IEA	molecular function
GO:0005886	plasma membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0007155	cell adhesion	IEA	biological process
GO:0007156	homophilic cell adhesion via plasma membrane adhesion molecules	IEA	biological process
GO:0016020	membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0005886	plasma membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0016020	membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0016021	integral component of membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0007155	cell adhesion	IEA	biological process
GO:0016020	membrane	IEA	cellular component
GO:0005886	plasma membrane	IEA	cellular component

Diseases

Associated diseases	References
Cryptorchidism	MIK: 28606200
Teratozoospermia	MIK: 17327269

PubMed references

PMID	Condition	Mutation	Ethnicity	Population details	Infertility_type	Associated_genes
17327269	Teratozoospermia			13 (5 controls, 8 cases)	Male infertility	GSE6967 analyzed by GEO2R (cutoff 1.5 fold)
28606200	Cryptorchidism			Monozgotic twins (1 control, I cwith cryptorchidism)	Male infertility	MeDIP-Seq