Gene
CDON
cell adhesion associated, oncogene regulated
- HGNC 17104(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000064309(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 50937(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 11q24.2
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 11: 125,956,821–126,062,866 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 20 exons across 106 kb
- Protein
- 1,264 amino acids
- Also known as
- ORCAM, CDO, CDON1, Ihog
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000531738.6NM_001378964.1
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Non-Acquired Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency
Congenital hypopituitarism is characterized by multiple pituitary hormone deficiency, including somatotroph, thyrotroph, lactotroph, corticotroph or gonadotroph deficiencies, due to mutations of pituitary transcription factors involved in pituitary ontogenesis.
- 2 GenCC submitters rate it definitive or strong
How CDON is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.
Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).
Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.
Exons make up 8.3 kb of the gene's 106 kb; 3,795 of those bases code for the protein.
Traits linked to CDON
The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions CDON can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.
Abnormality of the nervous system
- Abnormal central motor function
- Abnormal corpus callosum morphology
- Abnormal morphology of the olfactory bulb
- Abnormal shape of brainstem
- Abnormal shape of midbrain
- Abnormality of the autonomic nervous system
- Absent speech development
- Anxiety
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- Aplasia of the falx cerebri
- Attention deficit
- Behavioral abnormality
- Communication delay
- Depression
- Epilepsy
- Impulsivity
- Inability to walk
- Intellectual disability
- Irritability
- Lack of feeling, emotion, interest
- Lethargy
- Limb dystonia
- Neural tube defect
- Oromotor apraxia
- Poor speech
- Short attention span
- Sleep-wake cycle disturbance
- Specific learning disability
- Abnormal septum pellucidum morphology
- Agenesis of corpus callosum
- Enlarged brain
- Global developmental delay
- Holoprosencephaly
- Hypoplasia of the pons
- Perisylvian polymicrogyria
- Rhombencephalosynapsis
- Too much cerebrospinal fluid in the brain
Abnormality of the digestive system
- Feeding difficulties
- Poor suck
- Acid reflux
- Constipation
- Poor swallowing
- Vomiting
- Abnormal shape of the digestive system
- Absence or narrowing of first part of small bowel
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Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
- Abnormal vertebral morphology
- Abnormality of the ribs
- Decreased muscle tone in infant
- Generalized decreased muscle tone
- Involuntary muscle stiffness, contraction, or spasm
- Abnormality of the skeletal system
- EMG: myopathic abnormalities
- Flexed joint that cannot be straightened
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External links
Gene records
Transcript
Protein
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
- GenCC and ClinGen, released 2026-10-16: which conditions the gene is linked to, and how strongly.
- The ACMG secondary findings list, SF v3.2.
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
Cite this page
Dante Labs. (n.d.). CDON gene: cell adhesion associated, oncogene regulated. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cdon
Dante Labs. CDON gene: cell adhesion associated, oncogene regulated [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cdon
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