Neuronal cell adhesion molecule is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NRCAM gene.^[5][6]

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NRCAM
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1UEN, 1UEY
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Aliases	NRCAM, neuronal cell adhesion molecule
External IDs	OMIM: 601581; MGI: 104750; HomoloGene: 21041; GeneCards: NRCAM; OMA:NRCAM - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 7 (human)[1] Band 7q31.1 Start 108,147,623 bp[1] End 108,456,717 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 12 (mouse)[2] Band 12 B2|12 20.71 cM Start 44,328,885 bp[2] End 44,601,964 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in Brodmann area 23 middle temporal gyrus Brodmann area 9 prefrontal cortex superior frontal gyrus entorhinal cortex amygdala pons endothelial cell parietal lobe Top expressed in subiculum medial dorsal nucleus superior frontal gyrus prefrontal cortex median eminence arcuate nucleus hippocampus proper habenula substantia nigra olfactory bulb More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding protein binding involved in heterotypic cell-cell adhesion ankyrin binding Cellular component integral component of membrane cell projection membrane plasma membrane synapse integral component of plasma membrane extracellular region axon neuron projection axon initial segment external side of plasma membrane glutamatergic synapse integral component of postsynaptic membrane integral component of postsynaptic density membrane Biological process protein localization clustering of voltage-gated sodium channels regulation of neuron projection development regulation of axon extension axonogenesis heterotypic cell-cell adhesion neuron migration central nervous system development cell adhesion neuronal action potential propagation angiogenesis positive regulation of neuron differentiation synapse assembly axonal fasciculation retinal ganglion cell axon guidance axon guidance cell-cell adhesion regulation of postsynapse organization Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4897 319504 Ensembl ENSG00000091129 ENSMUSG00000020598 UniProt Q92823 Q810U4 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001037132 NM_001037133 NM_001193582 NM_001193583 NM_001193584 NM_005010 NM_001146031 NM_176930 RefSeq (protein) NP_001032209 NP_001180511 NP_001180512 NP_001180513 NP_005001 NP_001358048 NP_001358051 NP_001358052 NP_001358053 NP_001358054 NP_001358055 NP_001358056 NP_001358057 NP_001358058 NP_001358059 NP_001358060 NP_001358061 NP_001358062 NP_001358063 NP_001358064 NP_001358065 NP_001358066 NP_001358067 NP_001358068 NP_001358069 NP_001358070 NP_001358071 NP_001358072 NP_001358073 NP_001358074 NP_001358075 NP_001358076 NP_001358077 NP_001358078 NP_001358079 NP_001358080 NP_001358081 NP_001358082 NP_001358083 NP_001358084 NP_001358085 NP_001358086 NP_001358087 NP_001358088 NP_001358089 NP_001358090 NP_001358091 NP_001358092 NP_001358093 NP_001358094 NP_001358095 NP_001358096 NP_001358097 NP_001358098 NP_001358099 NP_001358100 NP_001358101 NP_001358102 NP_001358103 NP_001358104 NP_001358105 NP_001358106 NP_001358107 NP_001358108 NP_001358109 NP_001358110 NP_001358111 NP_001139503 NP_795904 Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 108.15 – 108.46 Mb Chr 12: 44.33 – 44.6 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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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]