function:Cell adhesion protein that guides axonal terminals to specific synapses in developing neurons. Dysregulation of this protein may play an important role in podocyte dysfunction in HIV-associated nephropathy.,similarity:Contains 13 fibronectin type-III domains.,similarity:Contains 6 Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domains.,tissue specificity:Up-regulated in glomeruli in HIV-associated nephropathy. In diseased glomeruli, significantly overexpressed and the expression is no longer restricted to mesangial cells but includes podocytes and parietal epithelial cells.,
Cell membrane ; Single-pass type I membrane protein . Cell junction, synapse .
Up-regulated in glomeruli in HIV-associated nephropathy. In diseased glomeruli, significantly overexpressed and the expression is no longer restricted to mesangial cells but includes podocytes and parietal epithelial cells (PubMed:15213259).