Gene Information
Gene NameCAR
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length365
Protein NamesCoxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) (hCAR) (CVB3-binding protein) (Coxsackievirus B-adenovirus receptor) (HCVADR)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene AgeNA
Evolutionary StageNA
AlphaFoldDBP78310
Gene CardCXADR
Uniprot IDP78310
PfamPF00047; PF07686
In ASDno
Allosteric PredictionNA
Ortholog in AnimalsNA
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in pancreas, brain, heart, small intestine, testis, prostate and at a lower level in liver and lung. Isoform 5 is ubiquitously expressed. Isoform 3 is expressed in heart, lung and pancreas. In skeletal muscle, isoform 1 is found at the neuromuscular junction and isoform 2 is found in blood vessels. In cardiac muscle, isoform 1 and isoform 2 are found at intercalated disks. In heart expressed in subendothelial layers of the vessel wall but not in the luminal endothelial surface. Expression is elevated in hearts with dilated cardiomyopathy. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10490761, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11457744, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11549277, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9096397}.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.000730(Chimpanzee);0.001000(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1EAJ  (X-ray  1.35A  1F5W  (X-ray  1.70A  1JEW  (EM  22.00A  1KAC  (X-ray  2.60A  1P69  (X-ray  3.10A  1P6A  (X-ray  2.90A  1RSF  (NMR  2J12  (X-ray  1.50A  2J1K  (X-ray  2.30A  2NPL  (NMR  2W9L  (X-ray  2.91A  2WBW  (X-ray  1.55A  3J6L  (EM  9.00A  3J6M  (EM  9.00A  3J6N  (EM  9.00A  3J6O  (EM  9.00A  7DPZ  (EM  3.80A  7DQ1  (EM  3.60A  7VXZ  (EM  3.19A  7VYK  (EM  2.79A  7VYL  (EM  2.79A  7VYM  (EM  3.68A  7W14  (EM  2.20A 
DBSNP rs34727960 
Subcellular location [CC][Isoform 1]: Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15533241};
Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. Basolateral cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11316797, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12021372, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12297051, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15364909};
Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. Cell junction, tight junction {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11734628, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12297051}. Cell junction, adherens junction {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12297051}. Note=In epithelial cells localizes to the apical junction complex composed of tight and adherens junctions (PubMed:12297051). In airway epithelial cells localized to basolateral membrane but not to apical surface (PubMed:11316797). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11316797, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12297051}.;
[Isoform 3]: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14978041}.;
[Isoform 4]: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14978041}.;
[Isoform 5]: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14978041}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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