Neuronal cell adhesion molecule is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the NRCAMgene.[5][6]
Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily. This gene encodes a neuronal cell adhesion molecule with multiple immunoglobulin-like C2-type domains and fibronectin type-III domains. This ankyrin-binding protein is involved in neuron-neuron adhesion and promotes directional signaling during axonal cone growth. This gene is also expressed in non-neural tissues and may play a general role in cell-cell communication via signaling from its intracellular domain to the actin cytoskeleton during directional cell migration. Allelic variants of this gene have been associated with autism[7] and addiction vulnerability. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[6]
^"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^Lane RP, Chen XN, Yamakawa K, Vielmetter J, Korenberg JR, Dreyer WJ (Dec 1996). "Characterization of a highly conserved human homolog to the chicken neural cell surface protein Bravo/Nr-CAM that maps to chromosome band 7q31". Genomics. 35 (3): 456–65.
doi:
10.1006/geno.1996.0385.
PMID8812479.
Wang B, Williams H, Du JS, et al. (1998). "Alternative splicing of human NrCAM in neural and nonneural tissues". Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 10 (5–6): 287–95.
doi:
10.1006/mcne.1997.0658.
PMID9604207.
S2CID12028546.
Dry K, Kenwrick S, Rosenthal A, Platzer M (2001). "The complete sequence of the human locus for NgCAM-related cell adhesion molecule reveals a novel alternative exon in chick and man and conserved genomic organization for the L1 subfamily". Gene. 273 (1): 115–22.
doi:
10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00493-0.
PMID11483367.
Aitkenhead M, Wang SJ, Nakatsu MN, et al. (2002). "Identification of endothelial cell genes expressed in an in vitro model of angiogenesis: induction of ESM-1, (beta)ig-h3, and NrCAM". Microvascular Research. 63 (2): 159–71.
doi:
10.1006/mvre.2001.2380.
PMID11866539.
Pavlou O, Theodorakis K, Falk J, et al. (2002). "Analysis of interactions of the adhesion molecule TAG-1 and its domains with other immunoglobulin superfamily members". Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 20 (3): 367–81.
doi:
10.1006/mcne.2002.1105.
PMID12139915.
S2CID714233.
Neuronal cell adhesion molecule is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the NRCAMgene.[5][6]
Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily. This gene encodes a neuronal cell adhesion molecule with multiple immunoglobulin-like C2-type domains and fibronectin type-III domains. This ankyrin-binding protein is involved in neuron-neuron adhesion and promotes directional signaling during axonal cone growth. This gene is also expressed in non-neural tissues and may play a general role in cell-cell communication via signaling from its intracellular domain to the actin cytoskeleton during directional cell migration. Allelic variants of this gene have been associated with autism[7] and addiction vulnerability. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[6]
^"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^Lane RP, Chen XN, Yamakawa K, Vielmetter J, Korenberg JR, Dreyer WJ (Dec 1996). "Characterization of a highly conserved human homolog to the chicken neural cell surface protein Bravo/Nr-CAM that maps to chromosome band 7q31". Genomics. 35 (3): 456–65.
doi:
10.1006/geno.1996.0385.
PMID8812479.
Wang B, Williams H, Du JS, et al. (1998). "Alternative splicing of human NrCAM in neural and nonneural tissues". Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 10 (5–6): 287–95.
doi:
10.1006/mcne.1997.0658.
PMID9604207.
S2CID12028546.
Dry K, Kenwrick S, Rosenthal A, Platzer M (2001). "The complete sequence of the human locus for NgCAM-related cell adhesion molecule reveals a novel alternative exon in chick and man and conserved genomic organization for the L1 subfamily". Gene. 273 (1): 115–22.
doi:
10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00493-0.
PMID11483367.
Aitkenhead M, Wang SJ, Nakatsu MN, et al. (2002). "Identification of endothelial cell genes expressed in an in vitro model of angiogenesis: induction of ESM-1, (beta)ig-h3, and NrCAM". Microvascular Research. 63 (2): 159–71.
doi:
10.1006/mvre.2001.2380.
PMID11866539.
Pavlou O, Theodorakis K, Falk J, et al. (2002). "Analysis of interactions of the adhesion molecule TAG-1 and its domains with other immunoglobulin superfamily members". Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 20 (3): 367–81.
doi:
10.1006/mcne.2002.1105.
PMID12139915.
S2CID714233.