Gene Information
Gene NameCDH2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length906
Protein NamesCadherin-2 (CDw325) (Neural cadherin) (N-cadherin) (CD antigen CD325)
Target Nameneural cadherin
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000170558 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP19022
Gene CardCDH2
Uniprot IDP19022
PfamPF01049; PF00028; PF08758
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.442667803)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CDH2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CDH2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CDH2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CDH2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cdh2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CDH2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cdh2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CDH2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsCDH26, CDH22, CDH4, CDH1, CDH3, CDH19, CDH7, CDH20, CDH15, CDH11, CDH13, CDH8, CDH5
ParalogsCDH7, CDH9, CDH20, CDH4, CDH18, PCDH1, PCDH20, CDH26, CDH19, PCDH9, CDH3, PCDH11Y, PCDH11X, CDH17, CDHR5, CDHR3, DCHS2, CDH24, CDH23, PCDH7, CDH15, CDHR1, DCHS1, CDH11, CDH8, CDH10, CDH12, CDH13, CDH6, CDH1, CDHR2, CDH22, CDH5
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);0.013613(Mouse);0.253028(Rat);0.020000(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs17495042  rs17445840  rs1041970  rs1041972  rs1599017933  rs568089577  rs17857112  rs1599011050  rs1599011050  rs201775968  rs754880999  rs1599010918  rs199984052  rs2289664 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15116};
Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. Cell membrane, sarcolemma {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15116}. Cell junction {ECO:0000269|PubMed:28169360}. Cell surface {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15116}. Cell junction, desmosome {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15116}. Cell junction, adherens junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15116}. Note=Colocalizes with TMEM65 at the intercalated disk in cardiomyocytes. Colocalizes with OBSCN at the intercalated disk and at sarcolemma in cardiomyocytes. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15116}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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