Gene Information
Gene NameCDH5
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length784
Protein NamesCadherin-5 (7B4 antigen) (Vascular endothelial cadherin) (VE-cadherin) (CD antigen CD144)
Target Namecadherin-5
Target TypeNA
Gene Age424 ( ENSG00000179776 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBP33151
Gene CardCDH5
Uniprot IDP33151
PfamPF01049; PF00028
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.946621932)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CDH5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CDH5 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CDH5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CDH5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cdh5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CDH5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cdh5 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CDH5 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsCDH19, CDH7, CDH20, CDH22, CDH2, CDH4, CDH10, CDH9, CDH6, CDH15, CDH24, CDH18, CDH12
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, CDH2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityEndothelial tissues and brain.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.016667(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs16956504  rs1049970 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell junction {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20332120, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21183689}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15980433, ECO:0000305|PubMed:20332120};
Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000305|PubMed:20332120}. Note=Found at cell-cell boundaries and probably at cell-matrix boundaries. KRIT1 and CDH5 reciprocally regulate their localization to endothelial cell-cell junctions. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20332120}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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