CLDN12

protein-coding

claudin 12, the group of Claudins

Gene summary

This gene encodes a member of the claudin family. Claudins are integral membrane proteins and components of tight junction strands. Tight junction strands serve as a physical barrier to prevent solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular space between epithelial or endothelial cell sheets, and also play critical roles in maintaining cell polarity and signal transductions. This gene is expressed in the inner ear and bladder epithelium, and it is over-expressed in colorectal carcinomas. This protein and claudin 2 are critical for vitamin D-dependent Ca2+ absorption between enterocytes. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]

MANE transcript

NM_001185072.3

Inheritance

—

ClinVar variants

U:18

Top phenotype

—

gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.42

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr7:90,383,721-90,513,402

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~129.7 kb
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GenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations

Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns

No GenCC data available for this gene.

ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes

Reported disease conditions connected to CLDN12 variants in ClinVar

1 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 18

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_001185072.3. Only rare variants are included.

We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.

Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.

EffectPLPVUSLBBSum
synonymous
0
missense
18
clinvar
18
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
0
Total00180018
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 69 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_001185072.3RefSeqNP_001172001.11MANE Select
ENST00000496677.6EnsemblENSP00000419053.11MANE Select
NM_001185073.3RefSeqNP_001172002.11Standard
NM_012129.5RefSeqNP_036261.11Standard

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • EMT transition in Colorectal Cancer
  • Tight junction interactions
  • Cell-cell junction organization
  • Cell junction organization
  • Cell-Cell communication

Biological Process

  • calcium-independent cell-cell adhesion via plasma membrane cell-adhesion molecules

Molecular Function

  • structural molecule activity
  • protein binding
  • identical protein binding

Cellular Component

  • plasma membrane
  • bicellular tight junction
  • integral component of membrane
  • lateral plasma membrane

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000535571
Coding exons
1
Length
129682
Individuals with no LoFs
125716
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
6
Defined
125722
p
0.0000239
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense1.14971340.7230.000007341566
Missense (PolyPhen)3750.6240.73088571
Synonymous-1.256755.21.210.00000287534
Loss of Function1.4237.070.4244.04e-781

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African0.0000620.000062rare
Latino/Admixed American0.0000290.000029rare
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian00.0absent
Finnish00.0absent
European (Non-Finnish)0.0000260.000026rare
South Asian0.0000330.000033rare
Other00.0absent

dbNSFP Gene Annotations

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Plays a major role in tight junction-specific obliteration of the intercellular space, through calcium- independent cell-adhesion activity. {ECO:0000250}.;

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.124

Intolerance Scores

RVIS EVS
-0.03
RVIS percentile EVS
51.4

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N
Essential (CRISPR2)
N
Essential (gene trap)
N
Indispensability pred.
E
Indispensability score
0.868

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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