ECAD Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

CDH1: a single-pass type I membrane protein, and calcium dependent cell adhesion proteins. It is a ligand for integrin alpha-E/beta-7, and it colocalizes with DLG7 at sites of cell-cell contact in intestinal epithelial cells. Anchored to actin microfilaments through association with alpha-, beta- and gamma-catenin. Sequential proteolysis induced by apoptosis or calcium influx, results in translocation from sites of cell-cell contact to the cytoplasm. Involved in mechanisms regulating cell-cell adhesions, mobility and proliferation of epithelial cells. Defects in CDH1 are involved in dysfunction of the cell-cell adhesion system, triggering cancer invasion (gastric, breast, ovary, endometrium and thyroid) and metastasis. Has a potent invasive suppressor role.

Protein type: Cell adhesion; Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; Membrane protein, integral; Ubiquitin ligase

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 16q22.1

Cellular Component: apical junction complex; internal side of plasma membrane; focal adhesion; cell surface; lateral loop; basolateral plasma membrane; extracellular region; integral to membrane; trans-Golgi network; catenin complex; actin cytoskeleton; cell-cell adherens junction; apical part of cell; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; cytoplasm; plasma membrane; nerve terminal; cell junction; endosome; lateral plasma membrane

Molecular Function: protein domain specific binding; protein binding; gamma-catenin binding; beta-catenin binding; GTPase activating protein binding; calcium ion binding; cell adhesion molecule binding; ankyrin binding; glycoprotein binding; protein phosphatase binding

Biological Process: response to drug; intercellular junction assembly and maintenance; extracellular matrix organization and biogenesis; regulation of immune response; apoptosis; response to toxin; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; regulation of caspase activity; trophectodermal cell differentiation; regulation of water loss via skin; extracellular matrix disassembly; cell-cell adhesion; synaptogenesis; sensory perception of sound; pituitary gland development; calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion; protein metabolic process; positive regulation of transcription factor import into nucleus; negative regulation of cell-cell adhesion; homophilic cell adhesion; protein homooligomerization; neurite development; negative regulation of epithelial cell proliferation; cell structure disassembly during apoptosis

Disease: Gastric Cancer, Hereditary Diffuse; Prostate Cancer; Breast Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Endometrial Cancer