Gene Information
Gene NameCLDN4
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length209
Protein NamesClaudin-4 (Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin receptor) (CPE-R) (CPE-receptor) (Williams-Beuren syndrome chromosomal region 8 protein)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000189143 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBO14493
Gene CardCLDN4
Uniprot IDO14493
PfamPF00822
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.835795044)
Ortholog in AnimalsDog_ CLDN4 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CLDN4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CLDN4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cldn13 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CLDN4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cldn4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CLDN4 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsCLDN15, CLDN20
ParalogsCLDN1, CLDN5, CLDN8, CLDN3, CLDN20, CLDN11, CLDN14, CLDN18, CLDN7, CLDN10, CLDN9, CLDN17, CLDN24, CLDN22, CLDN23, CLDN15, CLDN19, CLDN34, CLDN2, CLDN25, CLDN16, CLDN6
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 5B2G  (X-ray  3.50A  7KP4  (X-ray  3.37A  7TDM  (EM  6.90A  7TDN  (EM  5.00A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell junction, tight junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O35054}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20375010};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. Note=CLDN4 is required for tight junction localization in the kidney. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O35054}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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