CLDN18 - Claudin-18 - human protein (Function)
 
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CLDN18 »  Claudin-18
 
Gene name:  CLDN18
Family name: Claudin
One or more isoforms of this protein have been shown to exist at protein level
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Overview 
Plays a major role in tight junction-specific obliteration of the intercellular space, through calcium-independent cell-adhesion activity (By similarity).  
  • CuratedUniProtKB
GO molecular function 
Identical protein bindingdefinition[GO:0042802]  
  • ISSOrtholog Curator
Structural molecule activitydefinition[GO:0005198] silver  
  • IEAInterPro 2 GO
GO biological process 
Calcium-independent cell-cell adhesiondefinition[GO:0016338]  
  • ISSOrtholog Curator
Pathways 
According to KEGG, this protein belongs to the following pathways:
Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs)  hsa04514+51208  
Hepatitis C  hsa05160+51208  
Leukocyte transendothelial migration  hsa04670+51208  
Tight junction  hsa04530+51208  
According to Reactome, this protein belongs to the following pathway:
Cell-Cell communication  REACT_111155  
 

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Technical term 
Reference proteome  definition   [KW-1185]