Contactin 6

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens

Protein protein Q21102467

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Summary

Contactin 6 is a protein^[1].

Key Facts

Part of: Fibronectin type III superfamily^[2], Immunoglobulin-like fold^[3], Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily^[4], Contactin-6^[5], Immunoglobulin I-set, protein family^[6], Fibronectin type III, protein family^[7], immunoglobulin subtype, protein family^[8], Immunoglobulin subtype 2, protein family^[9], immunoglobulin-like domain, protein family^[10]
Has part(s): immunoglobulin subtype 2^[11], fibronectin type III^[12], immunoglobulin-like domain^[13], immunoglobulin I-set^[14], immunoglobulin subtype^[15]

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Quick Facts

Instance of protein

Part of Fibronectin type III superfamily, Immunoglobulin-like fold, Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily, Contactin-6, Immunoglobulin I-set, protein family, Fibronectin type III, protein family, immunoglobulin subtype, protein family, Immunoglobulin subtype 2, protein family, immunoglobulin-like domain, protein family

Properties

Biological process Notch signaling pathway, central nervous system development, neurogenesis, cell adhesion, nervous system development, neuron differentiation, positive regulation of Notch signaling pathway, homophilic cell adhesion via plasma membrane adhesion molecules, axon guidance, dendrite self-avoidance

Cell component anchored component of membrane, plasma membrane, membrane, parallel fiber to Purkinje cell synapse, anchored component of presynaptic membrane, plasma membrane, axon

Encoded by CNTN6

Found in taxon Homo sapiens

Has part(s) immunoglobulin subtype 2, fibronectin type III, immunoglobulin-like domain, immunoglobulin I-set, immunoglobulin subtype

Imported from wholeness_audit_2026-05-02

Molecular function Notch binding, cell-cell adhesion mediator activity

Identifiers (3)

Ensembl protein id ENSP00000377804, ENSP00000380616, ENSP00000407822, ENSP00000341882, ENSP00000408460

Refseq protein id NP_001276009, NP_001276010, NP_055276, XP_011531892, XP_011531893, XP_016861660, XP_016861661, XP_016861663, XP_016861666, NP_001336279, NP_001336280, NP_001336281, NP_001336282, NP_001336283, NP_001336284, NP_001336285, NP_001336286, NP_001336287, NP_001336288, NP_001336289, NP_001336290, NP_001336291

Uniprot protein id Q9UQ52

🏷️ Also known as

en CNTN6 en contactin-6 en Contactin 6 en hNB-3 en neural adhesion molecule en neural recognition molecule NB-3

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): Fibronectin type III superfamily. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): Immunoglobulin-like fold. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): Contactin-6. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): Immunoglobulin I-set, protein family. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): Fibronectin type III, protein family. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): immunoglobulin subtype, protein family. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): Immunoglobulin subtype 2, protein family. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Contactin 6 — part of (P361): immunoglobulin-like domain, protein family. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Contactin 6 — has part(s) (P527): immunoglobulin subtype 2. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Contactin 6 — has part(s) (P527): fibronectin type III. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Contactin 6 — has part(s) (P527): immunoglobulin-like domain. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Contactin 6 — has part(s) (P527): immunoglobulin I-set. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Contactin 6 — has part(s) (P527): immunoglobulin subtype. InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Contactin 6 is an instance of protein (Q8054) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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