CDH12

cadherin 12

Summary

This gene encodes a type II classical cadherin of the cadherin superfamily. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. At least one of these variants encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate the mature cadherin protein. These integral membrane proteins mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion and are composed of a large N-terminal extracellular domain, a single membrane-spanning domain, and a small, highly conserved C-terminal cytoplasmic domain. Type II (atypical) cadherins are defined based on their lack of a histidine-alanine-valine (HAV) cell adhesion recognition sequence specific to type I cadherins. This particular cadherin appears to be expressed specifically in the brain and its temporal pattern of expression would be consistent with a role during a critical period of neuronal development, perhaps specifically during synaptogenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]

Known Variants74 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs13743473675:21,751,875C/Tuncertain significance
rs2017505825:21,751,891G/Alikely benign
rs12914307245:21,751,947C/Auncertain significance
rs1475481755:21,751,961A/Glikely benign
rs7768455915:21,751,971T/Cuncertain significance
rs1386345565:21,752,008G/Abenign
rs3728103945:21,752,027G/Auncertain significance
rs7454520875:21,752,043C/Tuncertain significance
rs7772331775:21,752,052C/Tuncertain significance
rs12711629115:21,752,060T/Guncertain significance
rs7526451415:21,752,112T/Clikely benign
rs13803313665:21,752,129G/Cuncertain significance
rs7500424215:21,752,250C/Tuncertain significance
rs1439935465:21,752,255T/Auncertain significance
rs1399450135:21,755,737C/Tlikely benign
rs7482959925:21,755,738G/Auncertain significance
rs21498633525:21,755,741C/Tuncertain significance
rs5440993155:21,755,791G/Alikely benign
rs3773601485:21,755,822C/Tuncertain significance
rs3708477935:21,755,830C/Tuncertain significance
rs2018111625:21,755,941C/Tlikely benign
rs1116164375:21,760,704A/Gbenign
rs1434590135:21,760,715A/Glikely benign
rs1502294925:21,765,113C/Tuncertain significance
rs3764188395:21,765,129C/Tlikely benign
rs9442717685:21,765,158C/Tuncertain significance
rs121088145:21,765,178A/Gbenign
rs47012525:21,779,154T/Cintron variant
rs1471101315:21,783,499T/Cuncertain significance
rs2004590875:21,783,559A/Guncertain significance
rs7586837365:21,802,353A/Clikely benign
rs7698372725:21,802,372G/Auncertain significance
rs7705397025:21,802,391G/Tuncertain significance
rs24779259595:21,802,410G/Cuncertain significance
rs1126324785:21,802,485C/Abenign
rs5765567515:21,802,529G/Auncertain significance
rs100637545:21,802,532G/Abenign
rs3691678825:21,817,079T/Cuncertain significance
rs24780437865:21,817,092C/Auncertain significance
rs3776605035:21,817,098C/Tuncertain significance
rs24780448605:21,817,137T/Cuncertain significance
rs7477091195:21,817,209G/Cuncertain significance
rs9415270225:21,817,229A/Guncertain significance
rs1409581065:21,830,084G/Tintron variant
rs765926025:21,842,304G/Abenign
rs17499094665:21,842,336C/Auncertain significance
rs5631790625:21,842,418C/Tlikely benign
rs1121462135:21,854,787G/Cbenign
rs15798403395:21,854,805A/Tlikely benign
rs17506617725:21,854,827T/Auncertain significance
rs7742113975:21,854,845T/Cuncertain significance
rs5458448875:21,854,856C/Tlikely benign
rs1826770955:21,968,087C/Tintron variant
rs1451893135:21,975,242C/Guncertain significance
rs11941398845:21,975,333A/Clikely benign
rs11747425565:21,975,350T/Cuncertain significance
rs7632395735:21,975,354G/Tuncertain significance
rs8668358515:21,975,374C/Tuncertain significance
rs3712143145:21,975,399C/Tbenign
rs1423204415:22,078,606T/Cbenign
rs7756475525:22,078,649C/Tuncertain significance
rs1470802125:22,078,650G/Auncertain significance
rs1178785105:22,078,686C/Gbenign
rs24797727735:22,078,691G/Cuncertain significance
rs24797733265:22,078,734C/Guncertain significance
rs7629640085:22,078,771G/Cuncertain significance
rs1814928935:22,151,850A/Gintron variant
rs727420165:22,160,057T/Aintron variant
rs715787615:22,162,264G/C
rs730625535:22,223,531C/Tintron variant
rs353766535:22,262,805C/T
rs727487385:22,764,611T/Aintron variant
rs7801795:22,812,264T/G
rs10750465:22,852,984C/A

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.