Recombinant Human Claudin-14 (CLDN14), Truncated

Uniprot Id

O95500

Target Species

Human

Target Name

CLDN14

Target Full Name

Claudin-14

Target Function

Plays a major role in tight junction-specific obliteration of the intercellular space, through calcium-independent cell-adhesion activity.

Target Involvement

Deafness, autosomal recessive, 29 (DFNB29)

Target Subcellular Location

Cell junction, tight junction. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.

Target Protein Families

Claudin family

Target Tissue Specificity

Liver, kidney. Also found in ear.

Target Synonyms

CLDN14; UNQ777/PRO1571; Claudin-14

Target Background

Tight junctions represent one mode of cell-to-cell adhesion in epithelial or endothelial cell sheets, forming continuous seals around cells and serving as a physical barrier to prevent solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular space. These junctions are comprised of sets of continuous networking strands in the outwardly facing cytoplasmic leaflet, with complementary grooves in the inwardly facing extracytoplasmic leaflet. The protein encoded by this gene, a member of the claudin family, is an integral membrane protein and a component of tight junction strands. The encoded protein also binds specifically to the WW domain of Yes-associated protein. Defects in this gene are the cause of an autosomal recessive form of nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness. It is also reported that four synonymous variants in this gene are associated with kidney stones and reduced bone mineral density. Several transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.