CLDN7

protein-coding

claudin 7, 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. Differential expression of this gene has been observed in different types of malignancies, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular carcinomas, urinary tumors, prostate cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancers, thyroid carcinomas, etc.. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

Previous symbols:
  • CEPTRL2
  • CPETRL2

MANE transcript

NM_001307.6

Inheritance

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ClinVar variants

U:31B:6

Top phenotype

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gnomAD constraint

pLI —, LoF o/e 0.59

Max pathogenic AF

—

Genomic locus

chr17:7,259,903-7,263,983

External References & Databases

Transcript & Mutation Effects

hg38 • Region Span ~4.1 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 CLDN7 variants in ClinVar

2 Conditions Cataloged
not specifiedTotal: 33
not providedTotal: 1

ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type

Statistics based on transcript NM_001307.6. 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
6
clinvar
6
missense
28
clinvar
28
nonsense
0
start loss
0
frameshift
0
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
3
clinvar
3
Total00316037
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Transcript Catalog

Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases

Showing 4 of 36 transcripts
Transcript IDSourceProtein IDCoding ExonsMANE Status
NM_001307.6RefSeqNP_001298.34MANE Select
ENST00000360325.11EnsemblENSP00000353475.74MANE Select
NM_001185022.2RefSeqNP_001171951.14Standard
NM_001185023.2RefSeqNP_001171952.13Standard

Model Organisms & Knockout Phenotypes

Observed phenotypic effects in mouse and zebrafish models

Gene / ModelOrganismObserved Phenotype
cldn7aDanio rerio

Structure: head

Quality: decreased size

abnormal

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways

Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways

Pathways ConsensusPathDB

  • Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Tight junction - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Hepatitis C - Homo sapiens (human)
  • Leukocyte transendothelial migration - Homo sapiens (human)
  • EMT transition in Colorectal Cancer

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
  • basolateral plasma membrane

gnomAD Constraint

Source: gnomAD

Gene type
protein_coding
Transcript type
protein_coding
Transcript
ENST00000360325
Coding exons
4
Length
4081
Individuals with no LoFs
125737
Homozygous LoFs
0
Heterozygous LoFs
10
Defined
125747
p
0.0000398
Z-ScoreObservedExpectedObserved/ExpectedMutation RateTotal Possible
Missense0.4711111260.8820.000006261354
Missense (PolyPhen)3338.8370.8497448
Synonymous-0.3735450.61.070.00000258434
Loss of Function1.1158.490.5893.65e-791

Population LoF Frequency

PopulationCAFp-valueStatus
African00.0absent
Latino/Admixed American00.0absent
Ashkenazi Jewish00.0absent
East Asian0.0000550.000054rare
Finnish00.0absent
European (Non-Finnish)0.0000710.000070rare
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. {ECO:0000250}.;

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.0868

Intolerance Scores

LoFtool
0.178
RVIS EVS
-0.01
RVIS percentile EVS
53.51

Essentials

Essential (CRISPR)
N
Essential (CRISPR2)
N
Essential (gene trap)
N
Indispensability pred.
N
Indispensability score
0.344

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumMedium
CancerMediumMediumMedium
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