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CLDN2

Claudin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN2 gene. It belongs to the group of claudins.

Last revised
May 31, 2026
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Length
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Source
CLDN2
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesCLDN2, claudin 2, OAZON
External IDsOMIM: 300520; MGI: 1276110; HomoloGene: 9621; GeneCards: CLDN2; OMA:CLDN2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020384
NM_001171092
NM_001171095

NM_016675

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001164563
NP_001164566
NP_065117

NP_057884

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 106.9 – 106.93 MbChr X: 138.7 – 138.71 Mb
PubMed search34
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Claudin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN2 gene.56 It belongs to the group of claudins.

Members of the claudin protein family, such as CLDN2, are expressed in an organ-specific manner and regulate the tissue-specific physiologic properties of tight junctions (Sakaguchi et al., 2002).[supplied by OMIM]6

Function

Claudin-2 is expressed in cation-leaky epithelia such as that of the kidney proximal tubule.7 Mice that are deficient in claudin-2 have reduced reabsorption of Na+ in the proximal tubule, consistent with a role in paracellular transport. Similar results have been obtained with cultured cells, as overexpression in claudin-2 lacking cells leads to increase of permeability for small cations.8 Furthermore, claudin-2 has been shown to form paracellular channels for water.9

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000165376Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000047230Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Morita K, Furuse M, Fujimoto K, Tsukita S (March 1999). "Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 96 (2): 511–6. Bibcode:1999PNAS...96..511M. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.2.511. PMC 15167. PMID 9892664.
  6. "Entrez Gene: CLDN2 claudin 2".
  7. Muto S, Hata M, Taniguchi J, Tsuruoka S, Moriwaki K, Saitou M, Furuse K, Sasaki H, Fujimura A, Imai M, Kusano E, Tsukita S, Furuse M (2010). "Claudin-2-deficient mice are defective in the leaky and cation-selective paracellular permeability properties of renal proximal tubules". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (17): 8011–8016. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.8011M. doi:10.1073/pnas.0912901107. PMC 2867900. PMID 20385797.
  8. Amasheh S, Meiri N, Gitter AH, Schöneberg T, Mankertz J, Schulzke JD, Fromm M (2002). "Claudin-2 expression induces cation-selective channels in tight junctions of epithelial cells". Journal of Cell Science. 115 (Pt 24): 4969–76. doi:10.1242/jcs.00165. PMID 12432083. S2CID 30696935.
  9. Rosenthal R, Milatz S, Krug SM, Oelrich B, Schulzke JD, Amasheh S, Gunzel D, Fromm M (2010). "Claudin-2, a component of the tight junction, forms a paracellular water channel". Journal of Cell Science. 123 (11): 1913–1921. doi:10.1242/jcs.060665. PMID 20460438. S2CID 19797060.
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