Scientific Name: Vicugna pacos
Taxonomy: Cellular organisms-> Eukaryota-> Opisthokonta-> Metazoa-> Eumetazoa-> Bilateria-> Deuterostomia-> Chordata-> Craniata-> Vertebrata-> Gnathostomata-> Teleostomi-> Euteleostomi-> Sarcopterygii-> Dipnotetrapodomorpha-> Tetrapoda-> Amniota-> Mammalia-> Theria-> Eutheria-> Boreoeutheria-> Laurasiatheria-> Artiodactyla-> Tylopoda-> Camelidae-> Vicugna
Summary: This gene encodes an adhesion protein that plays a role in the organization of adherens junctions and tight junctions in epithelial and endothelial cells. The protein is a calcium(2+)-independent cell-cell adhesion molecule that belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily and has 3 extracellular immunoglobulin-like loops, a single transmembrane domain (in some isoforms), and a cytoplasmic region. This protein acts as a receptor for glycoprotein D (gD) of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2), and pseudorabies virus (PRV) and mediates viral entry into epithelial and neuronal cells. Mutations in this gene cause cleft lip and palate/ectodermal dysplasia 1 syndrome (CLPED1) as well as non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding proteins with distinct C-termini. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009] [NCBI] [Proteinatlas]
Data set information
| Project | Date | Technology | Tissue | Condition | Cell | PMID/DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vthunter_0001 | 2021.04 | 10X Genomics | Frontal | Normal | 3583 | Link |
| Vthunter_0002 | 2021.04 | 10X Genomics | Liver | Normal | 10408 | Link |
| Vthunter_0003 | 2021.04 | 10X Genomics | Lung | Normal | 1430 | Link |
Featureplot of receptors
Expression: Biased expression in skin (RPKM 64.2), esophagus (RPKM 38.3) and 8 other tissues
