Gene Information
Gene NameFOCAD
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1801
Protein NamesFocadhesin
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1064 ( ENSG00000188352 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ5VW36
Gene CardFOCAD
Uniprot IDQ5VW36
PfamPF12530; PF11229
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.827841415)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ FOCAD ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ FOCAD ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ FOCAD ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ FOCAD ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Focad ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ FOCAD ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Focad ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ FOCAD ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityUbiquitous. High expression in brain followed by testis, muscle, pancreas, heart, ovary, small intestine, placenta, prostate, thymus, kidney, colon, liver, lung, spleen and leukocytes. Expression is reduced in most glioblastomas and all glioblastoma cell lines. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16877819, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22427331}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs10511687  rs10441706  rs17832431  rs7875872  rs10964742  rs3206852  rs3206852  rs3206852  rs4977881 
Subcellular location [CC]Membrane {ECO:0000305};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Cell junction, focal adhesion. Note=Colocalizes with VCL in astrocytes.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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