CLDN4

Expressed in the lungs from 23 weeks of gestation till birth.

Can associate with other claudins to regulate tight junction structural and functional strand dynamics (PubMed:35773259, PubMed:36008380). May coassemble with CLDN8 into tight junction strands containing anion-selective channels that convey paracellular chloride permeability in renal collecting ducts (By similarity) (PubMed:36008380). May integrate into CLDN3 strands to modulate localized tight junction barrier properties (PubMed:35773259, PubMed:36008380). May disrupt strand assembly of channel-forming CLDN2 and CLDN15 and inhibit cation conductance (PubMed:35773259, PubMed:36008380). Cannot form tight junction strands on its own (PubMed:35773259, PubMed:36008380).

CLDN4 is located in the Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) critical region. WBS results from a hemizygous deletion of several genes on chromosome 7q11.23, thought to arise as a consequence of unequal crossing over between highly homologous low-copy repeat sequences flanking the deleted region.

Phosphorylated. Phosphorylation by EPHA2 is stimulated by EFNA1 and alters interaction with TJP1.

Belongs to the claudin family.

• Cell junction
• Tight junction
• Cell membrane
• Multi-pass membrane protein

CPER, CPETR1, WBSCR8, CLDN4, Claudin-4, Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin receptor, Williams-Beuren syndrome chromosomal region 8 protein, CPE-R, CPE-receptor

• entrezGene:1364
• omim:602909
• swissprot:O14493

Proteins

Oncology

22077Da