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

cadherin 2, type 1, N-cadherin (neuronal) (CDH2), cadherin 2, type 1, N-cadherin (neuronal) (cdh2), cadherin-2-like (LOC100411112)

Other aliases include:

CDHN, NCAD, CD325, CDw325, N-cadherin, cadherin-2, cdhn, ncad, cdw325, CDH2, Cadherin-2

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

cadherin 2, type 1 – N-cadherin 1 – neural cadherin – cadherin 2, N-cadherin (neuronal) – calcium-dependent adhesion protein, neuronal – cadherin 2, type 1, N-cadherin (neuronal) – cadherin-2-like – Neural cadherin – cadherin 2, type 1 preproprotein

Cadherin 2 fulfills a number of functions:

RPTP-like protein binding – calcium ion binding – protein phosphatase binding

Cadherin 2 is relevant to the following processes:

blood vessel morphogenesis – calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion – cell adhesion – cell migration – heterophilic cell adhesion – homophilic cell adhesion – synapse assembly

Locations for Cadherin 2:

adherens junction – integral to membrane – lamellipodium – plasma membrane – synapse

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology