E Cadherin Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody (0407-25)

UNIPROT #

P12830

PROTEIN NAME

E Cadherin

SYNONYMS

Arc 1 antibody;CADH1_HUMAN antibody;Cadherin 1 antibody;cadherin 1 type 1 E-cadherin antibody;Cadherin1 antibody;CAM 120/80 antibody;CD 324 antibody;CD324 antibody;CD324 antigen antibody;cdh1 antibody;CDHE antibody;E-Cad/CTF3 antibody;E Cadherin antibody;E-cadherin antibody;ECAD antibody;Epithelial cadherin antibody;epithelial calcium dependant adhesion protein antibody;LCAM antibody;Liver cell adhesion molecule antibody;UVO antibody;Uvomorulin antibody

TISSUE SPECIFICITY

Non-neural epithelial tissues.

POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION

During apoptosis or with calcium influx, cleaved by a membrane-bound metalloproteinase (ADAM10), PS1/gamma-secretase and caspase-3. Processing by the metalloproteinase, induced by calcium influx, causes disruption of cell-cell adhesion and the subsequent release of beta-catenin into the cytoplasm. The residual membrane-tethered cleavage product is rapidly degraded via an intracellular proteolytic pathway. Cleavage by caspase-3 releases the cytoplasmic tail resulting in disintegration of the actin microfilament system. The gamma-secretase-mediated cleavage promotes disassembly of adherens junctions. During development of the cochlear organ of Corti, cleavage by ADAM10 at adherens junctions promotes pillar cell separation (By similarity).; N-glycosylation at Asn-637 is essential for expression, folding and trafficking. Addition of bisecting N-acetylglucosamine by MGAT3 modulates its cell membrane location.; Ubiquitinated by a SCF complex containing SKP2, which requires prior phosphorylation by CK1/CSNK1A1. Ubiquitinated by CBLL1/HAKAI, requires prior phosphorylation at Tyr-754.; O-glycosylated. O-manosylated by TMTC1, TMTC2, TMTC3 or TMTC4. Thr-285 and Thr-509 are O-mannosylated by TMTC2 or TMTC4 but not TMTC1 or TMTC3.

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION

Cell membrane.

FUNCTION

Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. The classic cadherin subfamily includes N-, P-, R-, B- and E-cadherins as well as about ten other members which are found in adherens junctions (AJ), E-cadherin is found at the junctions of epithelial cells. Besides mediating cell-cell adhesion through homophilic interactions, E-cadherin mediates contact inhibition of cell growth, and loss of E-cadherin is associated with tumorigenesis. E-cadherin expression is frequently down-regulated or extinguished in malignancy which strongly correlates with poor prognosis.