CDH5

Expressed in endothelial cells of allantois/umbilical vessels at 8.5 dpc (at protein level) (PubMed:19635461). During hemangioblast differentiation, expressed in hemogenic endothelium cells and down-regulated in nascent blood precursors (PubMed:22492353). Expressed in the mesentery lymphatic vessels at 18.5 dpc (PubMed:28179430).

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.

Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins (By similarity). They preferentially interact with themselves in a homophilic manner in connecting cells; cadherins may thus contribute to the sorting of heterogeneous cell types (By similarity). This cadherin may play an important role in endothelial cell biology through control of the cohesion and organization of the intercellular junctions (PubMed:20332120, PubMed:9220534). It associates with alpha-catenin forming a link to the cytoskeleton (By similarity). Plays a role in coupling actin fibers to cell junctions in endothelial cells, via acting as a cell junctional complex anchor for AMOTL2 and MAGI1 (PubMed:24806444). Acts in concert with KRIT1 and PALS1 to establish and maintain correct endothelial cell polarity and vascular lumen (PubMed:27466317). These effects are mediated by recruitment and activation of the Par polarity complex and RAP1B (By similarity). Required for activation of PRKCZ and for localization of phosphorylated PRKCZ, PARD3, TIAM1 and RAP1B to the cell junction (By similarity).

Phosphorylated on tyrosine residues by KDR/VEGFR-2. Dephosphorylated by PTPRB.

O-glycosylated.

Expressed in postnatal endothelial cells of the retinal vascular plexus (at protein level).

• Cell junction
• Adherens junction
• Cell membrane
• Single-pass type I membrane protein
• Cytoplasm
• Found at cell-cell boundaries and probably at cell-matrix boundaries. KRIT1 and CDH5 reciprocally regulate their localization to endothelial cell-cell junctions (By similarity).

CD144, Cadherin-5, Vascular endothelial cadherin, VE-cadherin, Cdh5

• entrezGene:12562
• swissprot:P55284

Proteins

Developmental Biology

87903Da