PCDHA3

protocadherin alpha 3

Summary

This gene is a member of the protocadherin alpha gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five that demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The alpha gene cluster is composed of 15 cadherin superfamily genes related to the mouse CNR genes and consists of 13 highly similar and 2 more distantly related coding sequences. The tandem array of 15 N-terminal exons, or variable exons, are followed by downstream C-terminal exons, or constant exons, which are shared by all genes in the cluster. The large, uninterrupted N-terminal exons each encode six cadherin ectodomains while the C-terminal exons encode the cytoplasmic domain. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins that most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain. Alternative splicing has been observed and additional variants have been suggested but their full-length nature has yet to be determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants71 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7820604705:140,180,804G/Auncertain significance
rs7824738745:140,180,814C/Guncertain significance
rs25472426635:140,180,871A/Guncertain significance
rs77313275:140,180,964C/Abenign
rs1474159385:140,180,967G/Tuncertain significance
rs2013621115:140,180,996G/Cmissense variant
rs1381507565:140,181,076G/Alikely benign
rs5392620345:140,181,085G/Cuncertain significance
rs2513825:140,181,094C/Tbenign
rs17627306485:140,181,126A/Tuncertain significance
rs7826429485:140,181,138T/Guncertain significance
rs617306345:140,181,193A/Gbenign
rs1998572465:140,181,356C/Guncertain significance
rs5646671155:140,181,357T/Cuncertain significance
rs7823021065:140,181,365G/Cuncertain significance
rs7821207185:140,181,387G/Tuncertain significance
rs7818332455:140,181,430T/Auncertain significance
rs7824664555:140,181,434G/Auncertain significance
rs617354975:140,181,484T/Clikely benign
rs7822952635:140,181,534T/Cuncertain significance
rs7826307005:140,181,564T/Clikely benign
rs7823058945:140,181,572G/Tuncertain significance
rs25472473015:140,181,584G/Tuncertain significance
rs7819904365:140,181,630C/Tuncertain significance
rs37337095:140,181,648C/Tbenign
rs2000903655:140,181,733A/Cuncertain significance
rs37337085:140,181,734A/Gbenign
rs7827241315:140,181,750C/Tuncertain significance
rs1381435425:140,181,774C/Tuncertain significance
rs7823259705:140,181,782T/Auncertain significance
rs5374504625:140,181,841A/Glikely benign
rs342813835:140,181,844A/Gbenign
rs37337075:140,181,892T/Cbenign
rs77017555:140,182,101G/Tbenign
rs1147411775:140,182,120C/Tlikely benign
rs17629533125:140,182,160T/Cuncertain significance
rs7818858715:140,182,161A/Guncertain significance
rs25472500965:140,182,163A/Tuncertain significance
rs7823854855:140,182,225C/Guncertain significance
rs1512898835:140,182,228G/Tlikely benign
rs3738530465:140,182,260C/Guncertain significance
rs3756905295:140,182,377A/Guncertain significance
rs9914204595:140,182,401C/Guncertain significance
rs1413855635:140,182,471G/Alikely benign
rs7826483965:140,182,490G/Auncertain significance
rs7824170485:140,182,508G/Tuncertain significance
rs15541224535:140,182,517G/Auncertain significance
rs5877769565:140,182,532T/Cuncertain significance
rs17630749015:140,182,545G/Auncertain significance
rs15541225395:140,182,623G/Tuncertain significance
rs3767170925:140,182,635C/Auncertain significance
rs7820501275:140,182,667G/Auncertain significance
rs1397883385:140,182,685C/Guncertain significance
rs3863523455:140,182,712C/Tuncertain significance
rs15541225915:140,182,713G/Auncertain significance
rs1493747185:140,182,722T/Clikely benign
rs178442615:140,182,767C/Tbenign
rs1485545845:140,182,808C/Tuncertain significance
rs343950255:140,182,819T/Gbenign
rs1497701955:140,182,840C/Tlikely benign
rs1450314815:140,182,890C/Auncertain significance
rs7825163035:140,182,899C/Tuncertain significance
rs11906019095:140,182,907A/Cuncertain significance
rs11981830485:140,182,933A/Glikely benign
rs17631779855:140,182,934T/Cuncertain significance
rs5470513755:140,182,967G/Auncertain significance
rs22406945:140,183,058G/Abenign
rs1403319625:140,183,076C/Tuncertain significance
rs3766866415:140,183,175A/Cuncertain significance
rs178442655:140,183,237A/Gbenign
rs2005852865:140,389,339C/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.