Gene Information
Gene NameCLDN6
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length220
Protein NamesClaudin-6 (Skullin)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age168 ( ENSG00000184697 )
Evolutionary StageMammalia
AlphaFoldDBP56747
Gene CardCLDN6
Uniprot IDP56747
PfamPF00822
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.668388177)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CLDN6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CLDN6 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CLDN6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CLDN6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cldn6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CLDN6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cldn6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CLDN6 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsCLDN7, CLDN5, CLDN18, CLDN1, CLDN20
ParalogsCLDN1, CLDN5, CLDN8, CLDN3, CLDN20, CLDN11, CLDN14, CLDN18, CLDN7, CLDN10, CLDN9, CLDN17, CLDN24, CLDN22, CLDN23, CLDN4, CLDN15, CLDN19, CLDN34, CLDN2, CLDN25, CLDN16
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in the liver, in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and hepatocarcinoma cell lines. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17804490}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs2257295 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell junction, tight junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9Z262}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20375010};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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