The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen CDC42 across different species:

cell division cycle 42 (GTP binding protein, 25kDa) (CDC42)

Other aliases include:

G25K, CDC42Hs

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen CDC42:

cell division cycle 42 – OTTHUMP00000002834 – GTP-binding protein, 25kD – growth-regulating protein – small GTP binding protein CDC42 – dJ224A6.1.1 (cell division cycle 42 (GTP-binding protein, 25kD)) – dJ224A6.1.2 (cell division cycle 42 (GTP-binding protein, 25kD))

CDC42 fulfills a number of functions:

GTP binding – GTPase activity – nucleotide binding – protein binding

CDC42 is relevant to the following processes:

actin cytoskeleton organization – establishment or maintenance of cell polarity – macrophage differentiation – negative regulation of protein complex assembly – positive regulation of pseudopodium assembly – small GTPase mediated signal transduction

Locations for CDC42:

cytoplasm – cytosol – filopodium – internal side of plasma membrane – intracellular – plasma membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology