Gene Information
Gene NameCLDN17
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length224
Protein NamesClaudin-17
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age168 ( ENSG00000156282 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP56750
Gene CardCLDN17
Uniprot IDP56750
PfamPF00822
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-1.201833618)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CLDN17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CLDN17 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CLDN17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cldn17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CLDN17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cldn17 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CLDN17 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsCLDN2, CLDN20
ParalogsCLDN1, CLDN5, CLDN8, CLDN3, CLDN20, CLDN11, CLDN14, CLDN18, CLDN7, CLDN10, CLDN9, CLDN24, CLDN22, CLDN23, CLDN4, CLDN15, CLDN19, CLDN34, CLDN2, CLDN25, CLDN16, CLDN6
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityIn the kidney, expressed in the proximal tubule and in the Henle's loop. In the distal convoluted tubule, not expressed in all tubules. Not detected in the collecting duct (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22402829}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs35531957 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell junction, tight junction {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22402829}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20375010};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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