The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Cadherin 17 across different species:

cadherin 1, type 1, E-cadherin (epithelial) (CDH1), cadherin 17, LI cadherin (liver-intestine) (CDH17), cadherin 1 (Cdh1), cadherin 1, epithelial (cdh1), si:busm1-180o5.1 (si:busm1-180o5.1), si:busm1-180o5.2 (si:busm1-180o5.2), cadherin 1, type 1, E-cadherin (epithelial) (cdh1), Cadherin-17 (cad17), cadherin 17, LI cadherin (liver-intestine) (cdh17), cadherin 17 (Cdh17)

Other aliases include:

UVO, CDHE, ECAD, LCAM, Arc-1, CD324, HPT1, CDH16, HPT-1, FLJ26931, MGC138218, MGC142024, E-cadherin, cdh1, dZ71B9.1, si:dz180o5.1, si:dz180o5.2, CDH1, uvo, lcam, E-Cad, XBcad, l-cam, xcdh1, cdhc-A, xb-cad, XTCAD-1, c-cadherin, cadherin-1, uvomorulin, XB-cadherin, cad17, hpt1, cdh16, hpt-1, LI-cadherin, cadherin-17

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Cadherin 17:

cadherin 1, type 1 – uvomorulin – cell-CAM 120/80 – cadherin 1, E-cadherin (epithelial) – calcium-dependent adhesion protein, epithelial – cadherin 17 – LI cadherin – cadherin-16 – HPT-1 cadherin – liver-intestine cadherin – human peptide transporter 1 – human intestinal peptide-associated transporter HPT-1 – cadherin 1 – E-cadherin – cadherin 1, epithelial – hab – half baked – hypothetical protein LOC368516 – hypothetical protein LOC368517 – cadherin 1, type 1, E-cadherin (epithelial) – Cadherin-17 – cadherin 17, LI cadherin (liver-intestine) – Li cadherin

Cadherin 17 fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – cell adhesion molecule binding – transcription activator activity – protein binding – proton-dependent oligopeptide secondary active transmembrane transporter activity – transporter activity – RPTP-like protein binding – beta-catenin binding – protein phosphatase binding

Cadherin 17 is relevant to the following processes:

homophilic cell adhesion – positive regulation of transcription factor import into nucleus – calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion – cell adhesion – oligopeptide transport – transport – cell-cell adhesion – neuron projection development – pituitary gland development – protein homooligomerization – protein metabolic process – regulation of branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis – regulation of caspase activity – response to drug – response to organic substance – response to toxin – salivary gland cavitation – synapse assembly – trophectodermal cell differentiation – cell migration involved in gastrulation – cell-cell adhesion involved in gastrulation – ectoderm development – gastrulation with mouth forming second – germ cell migration – neural tube formation – neuron migration

Locations for Cadherin 17:

Golgi apparatus – actin cytoskeleton – catenin complex – cell junction – cell-cell adherens junction – cytoplasm – focal adhesion – integral to membrane – lateral plasma membrane – perinuclear region of cytoplasm – plasma membrane – basolateral plasma membrane – adherens junction – apical part of cell – cell-cell junction – cell cortex – desmosome – membrane – microvillus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology