Cingulin

CGN
Identifiers
Aliases	CGN, cingulin
External IDs	OMIM: 609473; MGI: 1927237; HomoloGene: 41394; GeneCards: CGN; OMA:CGN - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	151,538,692 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 3 (mouse)
End	94,693,826 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	pancreatic ductal cell; ; mucosa of ileum; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; right uterine tube; ; body of pancreas; ; rectum; ; right lobe of liver; ; duodenum; ; upper lobe of left lung; ; right lung;
	Top expressed in
	otolith organ; ; utricle; ; yolk sac; ; jejunum; ; ciliary body; ; zygote; ; vestibular membrane of cochlear duct; ; ileum; ; secondary oocyte; ; transitional epithelium of urinary bladder;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	actin binding; cytoskeletal motor activity; protein binding; cadherin binding;
Cellular component	myosin complex; bicellular tight junction; plasma membrane; cell junction;
Biological process	transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway; biological process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	57530
	70737
	ENSG00000143375
	ENSMUSG00000068876
	Q9P2M7
	P59242
	NM_020770
	NM_001037711; NM_001293727
	NP_065821
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Cingulin (CGN; from the Latin cingere “to form a belt around”) is a cytosolic protein encoded by the CGN gene in humans localized at tight junctions (TJs) of vertebrate epithelial and endothelial cells.