Epcam epithelial cell adhesion molecule [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Epcamprovided by RGD
Official Full Name: epithelial cell adhesion moleculeprovided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:621365
See related: EnsemblRapid:ENSRNOG00000015667 AllianceGenome:RGD:621365
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Rattus norvegicus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as: Egp314; Tacstd1
Summary: Enables cadherin binding activity involved in cell-cell adhesion. Involved in cell-cell adhesion via plasma-membrane adhesion molecules; negative regulation of apoptotic process; and positive regulation of cell motility. Located in bicellular tight junction; cell surface; and lateral plasma membrane. Biomarker of middle cerebral artery infarction. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital diarrhea 5 with tufting enteropathy and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer type 8. Orthologous to human EPCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
Expression: Biased expression in Kidney (RPKM 1135.4), Lung (RPKM 204.7) and 2 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 6q12

Exon count:: 9

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	6	NC_086024.1 (12633715..12649678, complement)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	6	NC_051341.1 (6880142..6896103, complement)
106	previous assembly	Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5)	6	NC_005105.4 (11282194..11308870, complement)

Chromosome 6 - NC_086024.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

These results suggest that, prior to implantation, EpCAM mediates intercellular adhesion in the uterine epithelium.
Title: EpCAM is decreased but is still present in uterine epithelial cells during early pregnancy in the rat: potential mechanism for maintenance of mucosal integrity during implantation.
cld7 supports tumorigenic features of EpC by provoking EpC cleavage and thereby its cotranscription factor activity
Title: EpCAM-associated claudin-7 supports lymphatic spread and drug resistance in rat pancreatic cancer.
EpCAM overexpression is asociated with hepatic tumors.
Title: Increased expression of epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) in rat hepatic tumors induced by diethylnitrosamine.
An association between Tacstd1/EpCam and claudin-7 is noted in rat and human tumors and in non-transformed tissues of the gastrointestinal tract.
Title: The cell-cell adhesion molecule EpCAM interacts directly with the tight junction protein claudin-7.

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General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by RGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables cadherin binding involved in cell-cell adhesion	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables cadherin binding involved in cell-cell adhesion	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed
enables protein-containing complex binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables protein-containing complex binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cell-cell adhesion via plasma-membrane adhesion molecules	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of cell motility	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in positive regulation of stem cell proliferation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of stem cell proliferation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in signal transduction involved in regulation of gene expression	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in signal transduction involved in regulation of gene expression	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in stem cell differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in stem cell differentiation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in ureteric bud development	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in ureteric bud development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in apical plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in apical plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in basolateral plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in basolateral plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
is_active_in bicellular tight junction	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in bicellular tight junction	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in bicellular tight junction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in bicellular tight junction	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in cell surface	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in cell surface	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in cell surface	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in lateral plasma membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in lateral plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in lateral plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
located_in plasma membrane	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: epithelial cell adhesion molecule

Names: ep-CAM; epithelial glycoprotein 314; tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_138541.2 → NP_612550.1 epithelial cell adhesion molecule precursor

See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_612550.1

Status: PROVISIONAL

Source sequence(s)

JAXUCZ010000006

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

O55159

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

A0A8I5YCG2

Related

ENSRNOP00000021135.5, ENSRNOT00000021135.8

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cd00191
Location:65 → 125

TY; Thyroglobulin type I repeats.; The N-terminal region of human thyroglobulin contains 11 type-1 repeats TY repeats are proposed to be inhibitors of cysteine proteases