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CDH13

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Also known as CDHH

Summary

CDH13 (cadherin 13, HGNC:1753) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 16q23.3, encoding Cadherin-13 (P55290). Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins.

This gene encodes a member of the cadherin superfamily. The encoded protein is localized to the surface of the cell membrane and is anchored by a GPI moiety, rather than by a transmembrane domain. The protein lacks the cytoplasmic domain characteristic of other cadherins, and so is not thought to be a cell-cell adhesion glycoprotein. This protein acts as a negative regulator of axon growth during neural differentiation. It also protects vascular endothelial cells from apoptosis due to oxidative stress, and is associated with resistance to atherosclerosis. The gene is hypermethylated in many types of cancer. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.

Source: NCBI Gene 1012 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 106 (top 1% of genes corpus-wide)
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 261 total — 2 likely-pathogenic
  • GTEx eGene: eQTL in 20 tissues, sQTL in 21 (q < 0.05)
  • Constraint (gnomAD): pLI 1.00 (loss-of-function intolerant), LOEUF 0.46 (moderately constrained)
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001257
  • Interaction hub: 1,742 STRING partners (top 10% of genes corpus-wide)
  • Notable: 261 clinical variants but no curated precision-oncology (CIViC) evidence yet

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:1753
Approved symbolCDH13
Namecadherin 13
Location16q23.3
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesCDHH
Ensembl geneENSG00000140945
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM601364
Entrez1012

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 16 — 7 protein_coding, 5 nonsense_mediated_decay, 3 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 1 retained_intron

MANE Select: ENST00000567109

Transcript support level (Ensembl TSL; 1 = fully mRNA-supported): TSL 1: 3, TSL 2: 4, TSL 3: 2, TSL 4: 4, TSL 5: 1

ENST00000567109, ENST00000268613, ENST00000428848, ENST00000431540, ENST00000539548, ENST00000562307, ENST00000562601, ENST00000565636, ENST00000566333, ENST00000567445, ENST00000568770, ENST00000569144, ENST00000569454, ENST00000569455, ENST00001017368, ENST00001134889

RefSeq mRNA: 6 — MANE Select: NM_001257 NM_001220488, NM_001220489, NM_001220490, NM_001220491, NM_001220492, NM_001257

CCDS: CCDS56009, CCDS56010, CCDS58485, CCDS58486, CCDS58487

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000567109 — 14 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000026176208262696982627137
ENSE000034621508285836282858473
ENSE000034767978321734583217497
ENSE000034782068360245483602594
ENSE000034915698374810883748250
ENSE000035094608312538583125501
ENSE000035258578367079083670972
ENSE000035291708378325483783472
ENSE000035376318348647783486655
ENSE000035990068377996883780201
ENSE000036055348303201083032218
ENSE000036190598334486283345006
ENSE000036533458367820883678461
ENSE000047855858379502383800640

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 152 present calls, max score 98.27.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 26.9716 / max 1108.7204, expressed in 1081 samples.

Highest expression (Bgee): descending thoracic aorta, coronary artery, thoracic aorta, ascending aorta, stromal cell of endometrium.

Genetic regulation across tissues (GTEx eQTL / sQTL)

CDH13 is an eGene in GTEx v10 — its expression is genetically regulated (eQTL) in 20 tissues and its splicing (sQTL) in 21 (q < 0.05). Strongest associations first; slope = normalized effect of the lead variant’s alternative allele.

showing 20 of 41 significant tissue × QTL associations:

TissueQTLq-valueSlopeLead variant
Muscle Skeletalsqtl7.5e-59-1.0216:82638878:G:C
Cells Cultured fibroblastssqtl1.3e-57-0.6016:83180875:C:A
Artery Tibialsqtl2.2e-57-0.9316:83180875:C:A
Artery Aortasqtl4.8e-56-0.9716:83180875:C:A
Skin Sun Exposed Lower legsqtl2.7e-40-0.7016:83180875:C:A
Skin Not Sun Exposed Suprapubicsqtl2.2e-37-0.7616:83180875:C:A
Adipose Subcutaneoussqtl7.9e-32-0.8516:83180875:C:A
Adipose Visceral Omentumsqtl1.3e-28+0.8816:83180875:C:A
Artery Aortaeqtl1.6e-24-0.4616:83012185:A:G
Artery Tibialeqtl7.5e-24-0.2816:83389246:T:C
Breast Mammary Tissuesqtl6.7e-15+0.7016:83180875:C:A
Lungsqtl7.2e-14-0.6616:83180875:C:A
Heart Left Ventricleeqtl1.5e-12-0.3516:82716446:A:G
Esophagus Mucosasqtl4.5e-11+0.5416:83180875:C:A
Artery Coronarysqtl4.6e-11+0.8516:83180875:C:A
Heart Atrial Appendageeqtl9.7e-10-0.3516:82716446:A:G
Heart Atrial Appendagesqtl1.6e-09+0.5316:83180875:C:A
Nerve Tibialsqtl4.9e-08+0.4216:83181822:G:A
Testissqtl5.0e-08-1.2516:83260523:A:C
Colon Sigmoidsqtl4.2e-07+0.6016:83180875:C:A

FANTOM5 promoters

3 alternative TSS:

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
15524312.29901021
15524512.1749977
1552442.4976713

Top tissues by expression

showing 100 of 158 tissues by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234598.27gold quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162598.22gold quality
thoracic aortaUBERON:000151597.86gold quality
ascending aortaUBERON:000149697.81gold quality
stromal cell of endometriumCL:000225597.39gold quality
popliteal arteryUBERON:000225095.81gold quality
tibial arteryUBERON:000761095.79gold quality
arteryUBERON:000163795.61gold quality
calcaneal tendonUBERON:000370195.11gold quality
quadriceps femorisUBERON:000137794.67gold quality
vastus lateralisUBERON:000137994.40gold quality
left coronary arteryUBERON:000162693.78gold quality
skeletal muscle tissueUBERON:000113493.26gold quality
smooth muscle tissueUBERON:000113593.16gold quality
superior frontal gyrusUBERON:000266192.77gold quality
heart left ventricleUBERON:000208492.13gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425292.10gold quality
heartUBERON:000094891.67gold quality
muscle tissueUBERON:000238591.38gold quality
myometriumUBERON:000129690.79gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985390.50gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045190.22gold quality
uterine cervixUBERON:000000289.72gold quality
muscle organUBERON:000163089.72gold quality
skeletal muscle organUBERON:001489289.72gold quality
right atrium auricular regionUBERON:000663189.59gold quality
muscle of legUBERON:000138389.45gold quality
ectocervixUBERON:001224989.28gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045889.21gold quality
apex of heartUBERON:000209888.95gold quality
gastrocnemiusUBERON:000138888.20gold quality
right lungUBERON:000216786.93gold quality
uterusUBERON:000099586.85gold quality
vaginaUBERON:000099686.61gold quality
skin of legUBERON:000151186.05gold quality
frontal cortexUBERON:000187085.86gold quality
zone of skinUBERON:000001485.63gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 10UBERON:001354185.21gold quality
skin of abdomenUBERON:000141684.86gold quality
upper lobe of left lungUBERON:000895284.31gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047383.65gold quality
lungUBERON:000204883.64gold quality
subcutaneous adipose tissueUBERON:000219083.35gold quality
adipose tissueUBERON:000101382.95gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983582.83gold quality
cortical plateUBERON:000534382.67gold quality
cerebral cortexUBERON:000095682.13gold quality
omental fat padUBERON:001041482.13gold quality
dorsolateral prefrontal cortexUBERON:000983482.05gold quality
frontal poleUBERON:000279581.95gold quality
primary visual cortexUBERON:000243681.46gold quality
endometriumUBERON:000129580.76gold quality
placentaUBERON:000198780.50gold quality
corpus callosumUBERON:000233680.45gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 9UBERON:001354080.42gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130380.04gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211079.73gold quality
thoracic mammary glandUBERON:000520079.59gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281078.60gold quality
rectumUBERON:000105278.36gold quality
epithelium of bronchusUBERON:000203178.04gold quality
fallopian tubeUBERON:000388977.05gold quality
layer of synovial tissueUBERON:000761677.03gold quality
hypothalamusUBERON:000189876.77gold quality
urinary bladderUBERON:000125576.73gold quality
dorsal plus ventral thalamusUBERON:000189776.10gold quality
colonic epitheliumUBERON:000039776.01gold quality
temporal lobeUBERON:000187175.95gold quality
metanephros cortexUBERON:001053375.70gold quality
amygdalaUBERON:000187675.63gold quality
esophagus mucosaUBERON:000246974.61gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099174.25gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580574.15gold quality
sigmoid colonUBERON:000115974.04gold quality
minor salivary glandUBERON:000183073.86gold quality
cortex of kidneyUBERON:000122573.83gold quality
material anatomical entityUBERON:000046573.68gold quality
multicellular organismUBERON:000046873.68gold quality
anatomical systemUBERON:000046773.61gold quality
esophagusUBERON:000104373.41gold quality
vermiform appendixUBERON:000115473.36gold quality
adrenal tissueUBERON:001830372.80gold quality
saliva-secreting glandUBERON:000104472.72gold quality
cerebellar vermisUBERON:000472072.59gold quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538672.50gold quality
sural nerveUBERON:001548872.21gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584171.55gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347371.43gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583371.41gold quality
kidneyUBERON:000211371.20gold quality
Ammon’s hornUBERON:000195471.05gold quality
colonUBERON:000115570.78gold quality
brainUBERON:000095570.32gold quality
central nervous systemUBERON:000101770.21gold quality
substantia nigraUBERON:000203869.98gold quality
dorsal root ganglionUBERON:000004469.95gold quality
adult mammalian kidneyUBERON:000008269.54gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132369.39gold quality
intestineUBERON:000016069.19gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000668.56gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 8 experiment(s), a significant marker in 6.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-2yes4710.52
E-ENAD-20yes500.00
E-MTAB-6075yes60.67
E-CURD-119yes23.88
E-MTAB-8271yes14.76
E-ANND-3yes8.02
E-GEOD-124858no891.35
E-MTAB-5061no3.45

HPA expression

RNA tissue specificity: Tissue enhanced

showing 60 of 76 HPA tissues / cells by nTPM:

Tissue / cellAxisnTPMProtein (IHC)
Caudate putamentissue92.0
Hippocampal formationtissue74.1
Skeletal muscletissue64.2medium
Tonguetissue53.9
Heart muscletissue53.5medium
Cerebral cortextissue48.0not detected
Motor cortextissue48.0
Prefrontal cortextissue45.5
Somatosensory cortextissue42.7
Frontal cortextissue42.4
Retrosplenial and cingulate cortextissue42.4
Insular cortextissue41.3
Occipital cortextissue40.6
Thalamustissue40.3
Entorhinal cortextissue40.3
Cervixtissue39.8low
Temporal cortextissue39.8
Retrosplenial cortextissue38.9
Endometrium 1tissue38.7not detected
Amygdalatissue37.3
Hypothalamustissue35.9
Postcentral gyrustissue34.6
Superior colliculitissue34.5
Periaqueductal graytissue32.3
Smooth muscletissue27.8medium
Septumtissue27.0
Ponstissue23.1
Midbraintissue22.5
Medulla oblongatatissue22.3
Olfactory bulbtissue21.5
Substantia nigratissue21.2
Ventral forebraintissue21.0
Adipose tissuetissue19.0not detected
Skin 1tissue17.4medium
Spinal cordtissue17.3
Vaginatissue17.2low
Locus coeruleustissue16.4
Hippocampustissue14.1not detected
Lungtissue13.6not detected
Cerebellumtissue12.1not detected
Basal gangliatissue11.3not detected
Putamentissue9.4
Esophagustissue8.8low
Corpus callosumtissue8.7
Seminal vesicletissue6.8not detected
Nucleus accumbenstissue6.8
Urinary bladdertissue6.6not detected
Rectumtissue5.8not detected
Fallopian tubetissue5.7not detected
Choroid plexustissue5.6
Placentatissue5.5not detected
Thyroid glandtissue5.4not detected
Breasttissue4.8not detected
Gallbladdertissue4.7not detected
Kidneytissue4.6high
Colontissue3.7not detected
Appendixtissue3.6not detected
Prostatetissue3.2not detected
Epididymistissue3.0not detected
Ovarytissue2.9not detected

Brain sub-regions (HPA Brain Atlas): detected in 189; highest nTPM — Blood vessel (140.5), Subiculum (74.1), Ventromedial nucleus (64.7), Olfactory tubercle (64.3), Nucleus of the diagonal band (63.2).

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): AHR, AP1, CEBPA, CUX1, DNMT3B, EGR1, ETS1, FLCN, GATA5, HIF1A, POU3F2, SP1, TAL1, TOP2B, TP53, ZEB1

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

Targeting CDH13 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific).

showing 30 of 90 miRNAs:

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-6867-5P100.0082.213464
HSA-MIR-7110-3P100.0073.182486
HSA-MIR-190A-3P100.0080.355520
HSA-MIR-5011-5P100.0083.465820
HSA-MIR-6759-5P99.9966.54785
HSA-MIR-34A-5P99.9971.211784
HSA-MIR-449A99.9971.051776
HSA-MIR-485-3P99.9870.681585
HSA-MIR-539-3P99.9870.741616
HSA-MIR-3688-3P99.9772.022834
HSA-MIR-314899.9775.066478
HSA-MIR-34C-5P99.9770.451577
HSA-MIR-449B-5P99.9770.261580
HSA-MIR-493-5P99.9672.472382
HSA-MIR-4666A-3P99.9671.713434
HSA-MIR-495-3P99.9672.814197
HSA-MIR-568899.9673.234504
HSA-MIR-381-3P99.9371.872854
HSA-MIR-552-5P99.9368.561583
HSA-MIR-30099.9271.762856
HSA-MIR-338-5P99.9272.342951
HSA-MIR-329-3P99.9166.561234
HSA-MIR-362-3P99.9166.381267
HSA-MIR-7-1-3P99.9171.534384
HSA-MIR-7-2-3P99.9171.404394
HSA-MIR-3529-3P99.9073.553045
HSA-MIR-366699.9073.241833
HSA-MIR-477999.8666.501583
HSA-MIR-5003-3P99.8569.292517
HSA-MIR-469899.8471.414303

Functional genomics

gnomAD constraint: pLI 0.998, LOEUF 0.456, missense Z -0.937 — population loss-of-function intolerance (pLI ≥ 0.9 = LoF-intolerant; lower LOEUF = more constrained). gnomAD

Regional missense constraint (gnomAD RMC): no regional variation along ENST00000567109 — one region, missense o/e 1.16.

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 40)

  • cadherin cell adhesion molecule anchored to the cell surface membrane through a glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol moiety (PMID:11642747)
  • There is aberrant methylation of the CDH13 (H-cadherin) promoter region in colorectal cancers and adenomas. (PMID:12067979)
  • combination of deletion and aberrant methylation of the T-cadherin gene may play a role in loss of gene expression in a considerable number of invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (PMID:12177241)
  • downregulation is caused by a combination of allelic loss and hypermethylation of the T-cadherin promoter region and is related to cancer invasion (PMID:12489108)
  • Our data indicate that the silencing of CDH13 expression by aberrant promoter methylation occurs at an early stage in CML pathogenesis and probably influences the clinical behavior of the disease. (PMID:12697869)
  • T-cadherin is not required for maintenance of intercellular adhesion, but may rather function as a signalling molecule involved in cell-cell recognition and sensing of the environment in processes where cell detachment occurs. (PMID:14579115)
  • Coating of culture plates with recombinant T-cad protein or with antibody against the first amino-terminal domain of T-cad (anti-EC1) significantly decreased adhesion and spreading of smooth muscle cells and HUVEC. (PMID:14729458)
  • Aberrant methylation of CDH13 is associated with recurrent cervical cancer (PMID:14750164)
  • CDH13 promoter methylation is associated with poorly differentiated colorectal cancer (PMID:14997203)
  • Hypermethylation of CDH13 is statistically significantly associated with poor disease outcome in cervical cancer. (PMID:15251938)
  • Digestive tract neoplasms may show abnormal DNA methylation of this protein. (PMID:15292927)
  • T-cadherin acts as an endogenous negative regulator of keratinocyte proliferation and its inactivation is the cause for keratinocyte hyperproliferation in squamous cell carcinoma or in psoriasis vulgaris. (PMID:15816843)
  • T-cad mediates low-density lipoprotein-initiated cell proliferation via the Ca(2+)-tyrosine kinase-Erk1/2 pathway. (PMID:15821437)
  • T-cad overexpression in vascular endothelial cells protects against stress-induced apoptosis through activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR survival signal pathway and concomitant suppression of the p38 MAPK proapoptotic pathway (PMID:16099944)
  • Data suggest a functional role of T-/H-cadherin for the differentiation of the podocytes and the formation of the glomerular capillary network. (PMID:16133358)
  • The frequency of p16INK4A or CDH13 hypermethylation in patient serum and the total lack of methylation in serum from healthy individuals, offer a promising tool for non invasive early detection of lung cancer. (PMID:16222700)
  • T-cadherin was selectively expressed in intratumoral capillary endothelial cells of hepatocellular carcinomas and increasingly expressed with tumor progression. (PMID:16273386)
  • T-cadherin expression in tumor cells might occur by cadherin-switching during epithelial-mesenchymal transition and may represent an additional mechanism contributing to hepatoma metastasis. (PMID:17077306)
  • Methylation of H-cadherin is associated with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (PMID:17094449)
  • T-cadherin may modulate cell-matrix adhesion in basal keratinocytes as well as invasive potency in squamous cell carcinoma by regulating surface level of beta1 integrin (PMID:17573778)
  • Results show that T-cadherin upregulation on endothelial cells may potentiate intratumoral angiogenesis. (PMID:17765896)
  • tumor-specific downregulation of expression and methylation of CDH13 and CDH1, alone or in combination, may be involved in the development and invasive growth of pituitary adenomas. (PMID:17873891)
  • The current findings suggested that simultaneous methylation of the E-cadherin and H-cadherin genes occurs in a subset of NSCLCs (PMID:17960794)
  • Results identified CDH13 loci showing significant differential DNA methylation levels between tumor and non-tumor lung and highly significant hypermethylation in adenocarcinoma. (PMID:17967182)
  • Susceptibility genes CPNE3, IL16 and CDH13 with moderate effects associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer. (PMID:18264096)
  • Methylation of the promoter region of CDH13 in patients with stage I NSCLC treated with curative intent by means of surgery is associated with early recurrence. (PMID:18337602)
  • Methylation of CDH13 was present in 80% of NSCLC tissues but only in 14% of noncancerous tissues. (PMID:18349282)
  • Grp78/BiP has a role in T-cadherin-dependent cell survival (PMID:18411300)
  • T-cadherin down-regulation by promoter methylation is associated with the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma. Suggest that T-cadherin is an important tumor suppressor in liver cancer. (PMID:18425332)
  • methylation status of CDH13 may help predict clinical outcome in patients with endometrial cancer. (PMID:18519763)
  • T-cadherin may be involved in reversible and dynamic cellular adhesion-deadhesion processes, which are consistent with its role in cell growth and migration (PMID:18550521)
  • The underexpression of T-cadherin in HCC cells suggests it may be another critical event in addition to T-cadherin-mediated angiogenesis during HCC development. (PMID:18553387)
  • thioredoxin-1 is an important determinant of redox-sensitive transcriptional up-regulation of T-cad in vascular endothelial cells. (PMID:18627351)
  • In the tubular breast carcinoma samples, the highest frequencies for DNA sequence copy number losses were detected for CDH13 (in 86% of the samples) (PMID:18656243)
  • hypermethylation of CDH13 is a common, tissue-specific event in esophageal adenocarcinoma, occurs early during Barrett esophagus-associated neoplastic progression, and correlates with known clinical neoplastic progression risk factors (PMID:18729198)
  • These findings suggest that Zeb1 represses T-cadherin expression and thus increases the invasive activity of gallbladder cancer. (PMID:19116147)
  • ADIPOQ and CDH13 single-nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with variation in adiponectin levels. (PMID:19165155)
  • The study showed that the reduction of the CDH13 expression at different clinical stage of CML may account for the defective cell adhesion in CML, and the expression of the CDH13 gene was probably down-regulated by the BCR/ABL fusion gene. (PMID:19199263)
  • CDH13 as a novel susceptibility locus contributes to high blood pressure in European populations. (PMID:19304780)
  • Results show that H-cadherin expression is lost in nearly 80% of the analyzed melanoma cell lines. (PMID:19368692)

Cross-species orthologs

3 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriocdh13ENSDARG00000014215
mus_musculusCdh13ENSMUSG00000031841
rattus_norvegicusCdh13ENSRNOG00000014371

Paralogs (33): CDH1 (ENSG00000039068), CDH10 (ENSG00000040731), CDH3 (ENSG00000062038), CDH19 (ENSG00000071991), CDHR2 (ENSG00000074276), CDH17 (ENSG00000079112), CDH7 (ENSG00000081138), PCDH11Y (ENSG00000099715), CDHR5 (ENSG00000099834), CDH20 (ENSG00000101542), PCDH11X (ENSG00000102290), CDH23 (ENSG00000107736), CDH9 (ENSG00000113100), CDH6 (ENSG00000113361), CDH26 (ENSG00000124215), CDHR3 (ENSG00000128536), CDH15 (ENSG00000129910), CDH24 (ENSG00000139880), CDH11 (ENSG00000140937), CDH18 (ENSG00000145526), CDHR1 (ENSG00000148600), CDH22 (ENSG00000149654), CDH8 (ENSG00000150394), CDH12 (ENSG00000154162), PCDH1 (ENSG00000156453), DCHS1 (ENSG00000166341), PCDH7 (ENSG00000169851), CDH2 (ENSG00000170558), CDH4 (ENSG00000179242), CDH5 (ENSG00000179776), PCDH9 (ENSG00000184226), DCHS2 (ENSG00000197410), PCDH20 (ENSG00000280165)

Mouse-model phenotypes

Observed phenotypes of the mouse ortholog (MGI:99551) from MGI (Alliance of Genome Resources) — knockout/mutant phenotypes, ranked by annotation count. 5 distinct phenotype terms.

Mouse phenotype (MP)Records
hyperactivity1
shortened QT interval1
retina neovascularization1
decreased grip strength1
increased circulating adiponectin level1

Additional cross-species homologs

Sequence homologs in species beyond Ensembl Compara’s model organisms, by Diamond local protein alignment (% sequence identity; best hit per species). Lower-identity rows are more distant homologs. The matched accessions’ gene symbols aren’t in biobtree yet, so each row shows the UniProt accession.

OrganismUniProtIdentityMethod
Pongo abeliiQ5R9X199.4%Diamond
Callithrix jacchusB0KW9599.0%Diamond
Cricetulus griseusO5507598.3%Diamond
Otolemur garnettiiB4USZ098.1%Diamond
Rhinolophus ferrumequinumB2KI4297.6%Diamond
Bos taurusP1953497.6%Diamond
Xenopus laevisP2031095.9%Diamond
Gallus gallusP2450394.6%Diamond
Sus scrofaO1892692.4%Diamond
Canis lupus familiarisF1PAA982.9%Diamond
Drosophila melanogasterQ9VJB674.7%Diamond

Genomic neighbors (locus context)

Genes flanking this one on the chromosome (NCBI/Entrez gene neighborhood). Positional context only — some neighbors share regulatory elements (bidirectional promoters, antisense/overlapping transcripts), but chromosomal adjacency is not itself a functional relationship (see Interactions for that).

SymbolTypeEntrez
CDH13-AS1ncRNA105371368
CEDORAncRNA124903732
MIR8058ncRNA102465863
MIR3182ncRNA100422853
MLYCDprotein-coding23417
HSBP1protein-coding3281
CDH13-AS2ncRNA102724163
SLC38A8protein-coding146167
OSGIN1protein-coding29948
NECAB2protein-coding54550

Protein

Protein identifiers

Cadherin-13 — P55290 (reviewed: P55290)

Alternative names: Heart cadherin, P105, Truncated cadherin

All UniProt accessions (6): P55290, F5H7W7, H3BQH4, H3BRL7, H3BTF2, H3BV21

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. They preferentially interact with themselves in a homophilic manner in connecting cells; cadherins may thus contribute to the sorting of heterogeneous cell types. May act as a negative regulator of neural cell growth.

Subunit / interactions. By contrast to classical cadherins, homodimerization in trans is not mediated by cadherin EC1 domain strand-swapping, but instead through a homophilic adhesive interface which joins two elongated EC1-EC2 domains through a region near their Ca2+-binding sites to form a tetrahedral, X-like shape.

Subcellular location. Cell membrane. Cytoplasm.

Tissue specificity. Highly expressed in heart. In the CNS, expressed in cerebral cortex, medulla, hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus and substantia nigra. No expression detected in cerebellum or spinal cord.

Domain organisation. Three calcium ions are usually bound at the interface of each cadherin domain and rigidify the connections, imparting a strong curvature to the full-length ectodomain.

Isoforms (5)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
P55290-11yes
P55290-22
P55290-33
P55290-44
P55290-55

RefSeq proteins (6): NP_001207417, NP_001207418, NP_001207419, NP_001207420, NP_001207421, NP_001248* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR002126Cadherin-like_domDomain
IPR014868Cadherin_pro_domDomain
IPR015919Cadherin-like_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR020894Cadherin_CSConserved_site
IPR039808CadherinFamily

Pfam: PF00028, PF08758

UniProt features (49 total): strand 10, glycosylation site 8, sequence variant 8, splice variant 6, domain 5, sequence conflict 4, turn 3, propeptide 2, signal peptide 1, chain 1, lipid moiety-binding region 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

1 structures by resolution:

PDBTitleMethodResolution (Å)
2V37Solution structure of the N-terminal extracellular domain of human T- cadherinSOLUTION NMR

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-P55290-F185.190.61

Human Protein Atlas

Protein class: Predicted intracellular proteins, Plasma proteins

Protein evidence: Evidence at protein level

Subcellular location (HPA, imaging): plasma membrane

Antibody reliability (HPA): IH enhanced · IF supported

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Post-translational modifications (1)

TypePositions
Gpi-anchor amidated glycine693

Glycosylation sites (8)

TypePositions
N-linked (glcnac…) asparagine52, 86, 382, 500, 530, 598, 638, 671

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

1 curated (TAS) of 4; 0 disease pathways. Curated-first; evidence = TAS (manually curated) vs IEA (electronic inference).

4 pathways:

IDPathwayEvidence
R-HSA-418990Adherens junctions interactionscurated
R-HSA-446728Cell junction organization—
R-HSA-1500931Cell-Cell communication—
R-HSA-421270Cell-cell junction organization—

MSigDB gene sets: 298 (showing top): BROWNE_HCMV_INFECTION_30MIN_DN, GOBP_CELLULAR_RESPONSE_TO_LIPOPROTEIN_PARTICLE_STIMULUS, GOBP_RESPONSE_TO_NITROGEN_COMPOUND, YAATNRNNNYNATT_UNKNOWN, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_CALCIUM_MEDIATED_SIGNALING, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_ERBB_SIGNALING_PATHWAY, MODULE_545, GOBP_KERATINOCYTE_PROLIFERATION, GCANCTGNY_MYOD_Q6, LI_PROSTATE_CANCER_EPIGENETIC, GOCC_CELL_SURFACE, MODULE_128, AREB6_01, SCHLESINGER_METHYLATED_DE_NOVO_IN_CANCER, TGACCTY_ERR1_Q2

GO Biological Process (31): cell morphogenesis (GO:0000902), positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation (GO:0001938), positive regulation of cell-matrix adhesion (GO:0001954), sprouting angiogenesis (GO:0002040), cell-cell junction assembly (GO:0007043), homophilic cell-cell adhesion (GO:0007156), negative regulation of cell adhesion (GO:0007162), Rho protein signal transduction (GO:0007266), negative regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008285), calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion (GO:0016339), cell migration (GO:0016477), Rac protein signal transduction (GO:0016601), lamellipodium assembly (GO:0030032), regulation of endocytosis (GO:0030100), positive regulation of cell migration (GO:0030335), adherens junction organization (GO:0034332), regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway (GO:0042058), endothelial cell migration (GO:0043542), keratinocyte proliferation (GO:0043616), cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin (GO:0044331), positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944), positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation (GO:0048661), positive regulation of calcium-mediated signaling (GO:0050850), positive regulation of positive chemotaxis (GO:0050927), localization within membrane (GO:0051668), low-density lipoprotein particle mediated signaling (GO:0055096), cellular response to xenobiotic stimulus (GO:0071466), cellular response to toxic substance (GO:0097237), cell adhesion (GO:0007155), regulation of transport (GO:0051049), cell-cell adhesion (GO:0098609)

GO Molecular Function (9): calcium ion binding (GO:0005509), beta-catenin binding (GO:0008013), low-density lipoprotein particle binding (GO:0030169), identical protein binding (GO:0042802), cadherin binding (GO:0045296), adiponectin binding (GO:0055100), lipoprotein particle binding (GO:0071813), protein binding (GO:0005515), metal ion binding (GO:0046872)

GO Cellular Component (16): extracellular region (GO:0005576), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), plasma membrane (GO:0005886), caveola (GO:0005901), adherens junction (GO:0005912), focal adhesion (GO:0005925), external side of plasma membrane (GO:0009897), catenin complex (GO:0016342), extracellular matrix (GO:0031012), neuron projection (GO:0043005), perinuclear region of cytoplasm (GO:0048471), extracellular exosome (GO:0070062), GABA-ergic synapse (GO:0098982), membrane (GO:0016020), synapse (GO:0045202), side of membrane (GO:0098552)

Reactome top-level categories

3 top-level categories:

CategoryPathways
Cell-cell junction organization1
Cell junction organization1
Cell-Cell communication1

GO top-level categories

56 GO namespaces:

CategoryTerms
cellular anatomical structure5
cell-cell adhesion3
protein binding3
cell-cell junction organization2
negative regulation of cellular process2
small GTPase-mediated signal transduction2
cell migration2
membrane2
anatomical structure morphogenesis1
endothelial cell proliferation1
regulation of endothelial cell proliferation1
positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation1
regulation of cell-matrix adhesion1
cell-matrix adhesion1
positive regulation of cell-substrate adhesion1
angiogenesis1
cell junction assembly1
cell adhesion1
regulation of cell adhesion1
cell population proliferation1
regulation of cell population proliferation1
cell motility1
lamellipodium organization1
plasma membrane bounded cell projection assembly1
endocytosis1
regulation of transport1
regulation of cellular component organization1
regulation of cell migration1
positive regulation of cell motility1
epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway1
regulation of ERBB signaling pathway1
epithelial cell proliferation1
metal ion binding1
lipoprotein particle binding1
cell adhesion molecule binding1
hormone binding1
protein-lipid complex binding1
binding1
cation binding1
intracellular anatomical structure1
cell periphery1
plasma membrane raft1
cell-cell junction1
cell-substrate junction1
plasma membrane1
cell surface1
side of membrane1
extrinsic component of plasma membrane1
plasma membrane protein complex1
external encapsulating structure1
plasma membrane bounded cell projection1
cytoplasm1
extracellular vesicle1
synapse1
cell junction1
leaflet of membrane bilayer1

Experimentally-supported GO annotations

GO terms backed by direct experimental evidence (ECO experimental codes) — 32 of 57 annotations. The rest are phylogenetic / computational / electronic (IEA).

32 experimentally-supported GO terms:

GO termNSEvidence
Rac protein signal transductionBPmutant phenotype
Rho protein signal transductionBPmutant phenotype
calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesionBPdirect assay
endothelial cell migrationBPdirect assay
homophilic cell-cell adhesionBPdirect assay
keratinocyte proliferationBPdirect assay
lamellipodium assemblyBPdirect assay
localization within membraneBPmutant phenotype
low-density lipoprotein particle mediated signalingBPdirect assay
negative regulation of cell adhesionBPdirect assay
negative regulation of cell population proliferationBPdirect assay
positive regulation of calcium-mediated signalingBPdirect assay
positive regulation of cell migrationBPdirect assay
positive regulation of cell-matrix adhesionBPmutant phenotype
positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferationBPmutant phenotype
positive regulation of positive chemotaxisBPdirect assay
positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferationBPmutant phenotype
positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase IIBPmutant phenotype
regulation of endocytosisBPmutant phenotype
regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathwayBPmutant phenotype
sprouting angiogenesisBPdirect assay
caveolaCCdirect assay
cytoplasmCCdirect assay
extracellular exosomeCChigh-throughput assay
extracellular matrixCChigh-throughput assay
extracellular regionCChigh-throughput assay
focal adhesionCChigh-throughput assay
neuron projectionCCdirect assay
plasma membraneCCdirect assay
cadherin bindingMFdirect assay
lipoprotein particle bindingMFdirect assay
low-density lipoprotein particle bindingMFdirect assay

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

showing 15 of 1,742 interactions by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
CDH13RASSF1Q9NS23901
CDH13ADIPOR1Q96A54834
CDH13ADIPOQQ15848757
CDH13ADIPOR2Q86V24753
CDH13CDKN2AP42771741
CDH13DAPK1P53355653
CDH13RARBP10826610
CDH13MGMTP16455575
CDH13FHITP49789573
CDH13GSTP1P09211569
CDH13CHFRQ96EP1493
CDH13DLEC1Q9Y238478
CDH13WFDC1Q9HC57472
CDH13MLH1P40692470
CDH13C1QTNF2Q9BXJ5453

IntAct

Human interaction partners of CDH13 in IntAct, one row per partner (best MIscore; records = supporting IntAct interaction records).

15 partners by confidence:

PartnerInteraction typeMIscoreRecords
HTTphysical association0.5606
GHITMphysical association0.5601
INSIG1association0.5302
ITGB1physical association0.4602
AURKAphysical association0.3701
CASP8physical association0.3701
CCND1physical association0.3701
CHEK2physical association0.3701
HMMRphysical association0.3701
MAPK6physical association0.3701
PTPN1physical association0.3701
RAD51physical association0.3701
GABRA1colocalization0.2701
ITGB3colocalization0.2701
MTNR1Bphysical association0.0001

BioGRID (56 interactions; top human partners by supporting records): DNAAF2 (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), AGPAT5 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), CHPT1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), DGUOK (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), DSTYK (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), ERMP1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), INSIG1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), NUFIP1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), SEC14L1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), TUBB3 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), TUBB8 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), VMP1 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), ADIPOR1 (Affinity Capture-Western), ANXA1 (Protein-peptide), ARF5 (Affinity Capture-MS)

SIGNOR signaling

3 signaling interactions:

AEffectBMechanism
TOP2B“up-regulates quantity by expression”CDH13“transcriptional regulation”
calcium(2+)“up-regulates activity”CDH13“chemical activation”
CDH13“up-regulates activity”CTNNB1binding

Disease & clinical

Genetic variants

Variant evidence for CDH13: 261 ClinVar records (2 pathogenic / likely pathogenic); 1 PharmGKB clinical annotation; 106 GWAS associations. Per-variant detail is on Sugi Variant.

ClinVar

261 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic2
Uncertain significance151
Likely benign34
Benign55

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (2)

Showing all 2 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic ClinVar records, ranked by ClinVar review status (expert panel → multiple submitters → single submitter), then by number of submitting labs.

Variant IDHGVSClassificationReviewSubmitters
2665080GRCh38/hg38 16q23.2-23.3(chr16:79568000-83552000)Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter1
393545GRCh37/hg19 16q23.3(chr16:83414018-83518410)x1Likely pathogenicno assertion criteria provided1

Per-variant reference — Sugi Variant

Explore CDH13’s pathogenic and likely-pathogenic variants individually — each with its ClinVar classification and conditions, applied ACMG criteria (ClinGen expert panel, where curated), the calibrated in-silico predictors (AlphaMissense, REVEL, SaProt, conservation), gnomAD frequency, and the predictor-disagreement QC signal — on Sugi Variant.

SpliceAI

Top 10 splice-impact sites by Δscore (adjacent positions with the same effect merged into one range; 33 predictions of 4,756):

Position(s)EffectΔscoreSites
16:82627138–82627139donor_loss1.00005
16:82829374donor_gain1.0000
16:82858474–82858475donor_loss1.00006
16:83032000acceptor_loss1.0000
16:83032008–83032009acceptor_loss1.00006
16:83032219–83032220donor_loss1.00005
16:83217343–83217344acceptor_loss1.00006
16:83217498donor_loss1.0000
16:83344844acceptor_gain1.0000
16:83344851acceptor_gain1.0000

AlphaMissense

1,335 missense substitutions predicted likely pathogenic (of 4,696 scored), across 348 residues. Top 20 hotspot residues, ranked by the number of likely-pathogenic substitutions (of those reachable by a single-nucleotide change), then by mean score:

ResidueLikely-pathogenic substitutionsMean am_pathogenicityMax am_pathogenicity
N23980.9970.999
D27180.9960.998
D24080.9950.999
D23780.9940.998
D27380.9940.998
D38980.9930.998
D33580.9920.998
D38780.9900.998
D61080.9830.995
N35780.9810.998
F29980.9780.999
D50380.9770.990
D66380.9760.993
F41180.9740.997
D55980.9730.991
D35580.9700.993
D60880.9700.989
F18880.9680.998
F24580.9660.996
D50580.9650.986

HPA cancer prognostics

RNA cancer specificity: Cancer enhanced (Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma)

Human Protein Atlas survival analysis — favorable = higher expression predicts better survival.

3 prognostic cancer types:

CancerPrognosticp-value
Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma (TCGA)favorable1.93e-09
Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma (validation)favorable6.97e-05
Breast Invasive Carcinoma (TCGA)unfavorable0.000977

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:601364 | disease phenotypes:

GWAS associations

showing 30 of 106 associations:

StudyTraitp-value
GCST002233_10Adiponectin levels7e-165
GCST000828_1Adiponectin levels3e-83
GCST001465_4Adiponectin levels6e-48
GCST001314_1Adiponectin levels5e-40
GCST000812_2Adiponectin levels4e-30
GCST007269_141Pulse pressure6e-25
GCST007096_165Pulse pressure3e-24
GCST004278_17Pulse pressure1e-19
GCST010135_51Oily fish consumption2e-19
GCST010140_1Pork consumption2e-19
GCST010866_42Coronary artery disease2e-18
GCST001165_1Adiponectin levels6e-17
GCST005194_96Coronary artery disease2e-16
GCST005195_44Coronary artery disease2e-16
GCST005196_21Coronary artery disease2e-16
GCST010321_163PR interval2e-16
GCST006902_5Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis2e-15
GCST001463_5Adiponectin levels1e-14
GCST007268_67Diastolic blood pressure2e-12
GCST010142_9Fish- and plant-related diet7e-12
GCST010796_444Electrocardiogram morphology (amplitude at temporal datapoints)7e-12
GCST010796_447Electrocardiogram morphology (amplitude at temporal datapoints)9e-12
GCST010050_19Adiponectin levels3e-11
GCST010988_157Adult body size3e-11
GCST010796_446Electrocardiogram morphology (amplitude at temporal datapoints)6e-11
GCST010796_461Electrocardiogram morphology (amplitude at temporal datapoints)2e-10
GCST010796_462Electrocardiogram morphology (amplitude at temporal datapoints)2e-10
GCST012490_594Femur bone mineral density x serum urate levels interaction2e-10
GCST004775_44Pulse pressure3e-10
GCST004787_60Coronary artery disease (myocardial infarction, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, coronary artery bypass grafting, angina or chromic ischemic heart disease)5e-10

EFO canonical traits (from GWAS)

32 canonical traits:

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0006335systolic blood pressure
EFO:0004502adiponectin measurement
EFO:0004507D dimer measurement
EFO:0004469HOMA-B
EFO:0008111diet measurement
EFO:0004887maximal oxygen uptake measurement
EFO:0006833glucose effectiveness measurement
EFO:0004713FEV/FVC ratio
EFO:0007828daytime rest measurement
EFO:0005921FEV change measurement
EFO:0007943response to platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy
EFO:0005763pulse pressure measurement
EFO:0009096negative domain measurement
EFO:0009099arousal domain measurement
EFO:0009599feeling emotionally hurt measurement
EFO:0009596feeling tense measurement
EFO:0006336diastolic blood pressure
EFO:0006876seasonality measurement
EFO:0008579risk-taking behaviour
EFO:0005301reading and spelling ability
EFO:0004335short-term memory
EFO:0004337intelligence
EFO:0004784self reported educational attainment
EFO:0005035hippocampal volume
EFO:0004462PR interval
EFO:0005257response to anthracycline-based chemotherapy
EFO:1001482cardiotoxicity
EFO:0004327electrocardiography
EFO:0600027hemoglobin change measurement
EFO:0004531urate measurement
EFO:0007701spine bone mineral density
EFO:0007874gut microbiome measurement

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (CPIC guideline: no)

PharmGKB clinical annotations

1 annotations by evidence level (1 strongest → 4):

VariantAssociationLevelDrugsPhenotypes
rs17682789Toxicity3sorafenibDiarrhea

PharmGKB variants

1 variants:

VariantGenesLevelScore#Clin annotsDrugs
rs17682789CDH1333.001sorafenib

PharmGKB variant annotations

Per-publication pharmacogenomic findings for this gene (significant associations).

5 published findings:

VariantDrug(s)CategoryFindingPMID
rs3784943amphetamineEfficacyGenotypes AG + GG is associated with increased response to amphetamine as compared to genotype AA.PMID:27771748
rs11859453aspirin, clopidogrelEfficacyGenotypes AA + AG is associated with decreased likelihood of Coronary Restenosis or Disease Progression when treated with aspirin and clopidogrel in people with Coronary Disease as compared to genotype GG.PMID:31854260
rs17682789sorafenibToxicityAllele C is associated with decreased risk of Diarrhea when treated with sorafenib in people with Carcinoma, Renal Cell as compared to allele T.PMID:35484400
rs7201829HMG-CoA reductase inhibitorsEfficacyAllele T is associated with increased likelihood of Stroke when treated with hmg coa reductase inhibitors as compared to allele C.PMID:40948399
rs2116971perphenazineEfficacyAllele G is associated with response to perphenazine in people with Schizophrenia.PMID:22920393

CTD chemical–gene interactions

57 total (human), top 30 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Decitabineaffects expression, affects methylation, decreases methylation4
bisphenol Aincreases expression, affects cotreatment, increases methylation, decreases methylation3
sodium arseniteaffects methylation, decreases expression3
mercuric bromideincreases expression, affects cotreatment2
Temozolomideaffects response to substance, decreases expression2
Air Pollutantsdecreases expression, increases abundance, increases response to substance2
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation, increases methylation2
Estradiolincreases expression, affects response to substance, affects cotreatment2
Phenylmercuric Acetateaffects cotreatment, increases expression2
Tobacco Smoke Pollutionaffects expression, increases methylation2
Valproic Acidaffects expression, decreases expression2
Aflatoxin B1decreases expression, increases methylation2
Particulate Matterdecreases expression, increases abundance, increases response to substance2
bisphenol Fincreases expression1
methylmercuric chlorideincreases expression1
deoxynivalenoldecreases expression1
domiphenaffects response to substance1
decabromobiphenyl etherdecreases expression1
trichostatin Aaffects acetylation, affects expression1
beta-lapachoneincreases expression1
aflatoxin B2increases methylation1
nickel sulfatedecreases expression1
1-nitropyreneincreases expression1
epigallocatechin gallatedecreases expression1
3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanoneaffects response to substance1
perfluorooctane sulfonic acidincreases expression1
CGP 52608increases reaction, affects binding1
perfluoro-n-nonanoic aciddecreases expression1
monomethylarsonous aciddecreases expression1
4-(5-benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-4-pyridin-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzamideaffects cotreatment, increases expression1

Cellosaurus cell lines

2 cell lines: 2 induced pluripotent stem cell

First 10 cell lines (id-ordered, not curated):

CellosaurusNameCategorySex
CVCL_A4YDUKWMPi002-A-1Induced pluripotent stem cellFemale
CVCL_A4YEUKWMPi002-A-2Induced pluripotent stem cellFemale

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

Via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

1 trials:

NCTPhaseStatusTitle
NCT03799705Not specifiedCOMPLETEDGenetic Variants in Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) Synthesis Pathway