Gene Information
Gene NameOCLN
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length522
Protein NamesOccludin
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000197822 )
3 ( ENSG00000273814 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ16625
Gene CardOCLN
Uniprot IDQ16625
PfamPF01284; PF07303
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.572030152)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ OCLN ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ OCLN ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ Ocln ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ OCLN ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Ocln ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ OCLN ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ OCLN ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsOCEL1, ELL2, ELL3, ELL, MARVELD2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityLocalized at tight junctions of both epithelial and endothelial cells. Highly expressed in kidney. Not detected in testis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23239027}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1WPA  (X-ray  1.50A  1XAW  (X-ray  1.45A  3G7C  (X-ray  2.00A 
DBSNP rs267606926 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19017651, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19114660, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9175707};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}. Cell junction, tight junction {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10523508, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19017651, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19114660, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19332538, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23239027, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9175707}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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