The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Cadherin 12, Type 2 across different species:

cadherin 12, type 2 (N-cadherin 2) (CDH12), cadherin-like 23 (CDH23), cadherin-like 23 (cdh23), cadherin-like 23 (LOC100337921)

Other aliases include:

CDHB, FLJ34857, USH1D, DFNB12, FLJ00233, FLJ36499, KIAA1774, KIAA1812, MGC102761, DKFZp434P2350, CDH23

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Cadherin 12, Type 2:

cadherin 12, type 2 – Br-cadherin – cadherin-12 – N-cadherin 2 – brain-cadherin – OTTHUMP00000115709 – neuronal cadherin 2 – cadherin, neural type, 2 – cadherin-like 23 – cadherin 23 – cadherin-23 – otocadherin – cadherin related 23 – spu – sputnik

Cadherin 12, Type 2 fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – protein binding

Cadherin 12, Type 2 is relevant to the following processes:

homophilic cell adhesion – calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion – cell adhesion – equilibrioception – photoreceptor cell maintenance – response to stimulus – sensory perception of sound – cell projection organization – detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception – endocytosis – hair cell differentiation – inner ear receptor stereocilium organization

Locations for Cadherin 12, Type 2:

integral to membrane – plasma membrane – stereocilium – cilium – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology