This gene encodes a classical cadherin of the cadherin superfamily. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate the mature glycoprotein. This calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion protein is comprised of five extracellular cadherin repeats, a transmembrane region and a highly conserved cytoplasmic tail. Mutations in this gene are correlated with gastric, breast, colorectal, thyroid and ovarian cancer. Loss of function of this gene is thought to contribute to cancer progression by increasing proliferation, invasion, and/or metastasis. The ectodomain of this protein mediates bacterial adhesion to mammalian cells and the cytoplasmic domain is required for internalization. This gene is present in a gene cluster with other members of the cadherin family on chromosome 16. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Expression restricted in 6 cancer type(s)
Cancer specific in breast cancer subtype (Her2; LumB)
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Gscore (Amp):
0.16
Gscore (Del):
0.35
Recurrently amplified in 1 cancer type(s)
Recurrently deleted in 1 cancer type(s)
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Mscore:
0.63 (Driver)
Recurrently mutated in 2 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
Total fusion occurrence:
10
Fusions detected in 5 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
STRONGLY SELECTIVE
Functional class:
Not specified
JensenLab PubMed score:
6324.29 (Percentile rank: 99.44%)
PubTator score:
5377.75 (Percentile rank: 99.51%)
Target development/druggability level:
TbioThese targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities that satisfy the activity thresholds detailed below AND satisfy one or more of the following criteria: 1) target is above the cutoff criteria for Tdark; 2) target is annotated with a Gene Ontology Molecular Function or Biological Process leaf term(s) with an Experimental Evidence code.
Tractability (small molecule):
Discovery PrecedenceTargets with ligands; Targets with crystal structures with ligands
Tractability (antibody):
Predicted Tractable - High confidenceTargets located in the plasma membrane; Targets with GO cell component terms plasma membrane or secreted
