Component
E-cadherin ectodomain rigidity
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1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
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What acts on it
Three Ca2+ ions coordinated at the interface of mouse E-cadherin extracellular domains 1 and 2 support their extended, rigid arrangement.
Experimental context and source evidence
- compartment_description
- Extracellular domain
- experimental_model
- Two-domain crystal structure
- limitations
- The crystallized fragment is not a complete living adherens junction; crystal dimer geometry alone does not define every adhesion contact.
- nutrient_topic
- Calcium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Calcium
- organism
- Mus musculus protein
- plain_language
- Calcium braces the outside portion of a cell-adhesion protein.
- primary_references
- [nagar1996] Structural basis of calcium-induced E-cadherin rigidification and dimerization (1996). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8598933/ DOI: 10.1038/380360a0
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Purified E-cadherin ectodomain
Calcium: mechanism-first literature curation (2026-09-17) · lines 1128–1138
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Two-domain crystal structure · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### calcium-rigidifies-e-cadherin Three Ca2+ ions coordinated at the interface of mouse E-cadherin extracellular domains 1 and 2 support their extended, rigid arrangement. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Calcium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Calcium braces the outside portion of a cell-adhesion protein. organism: Mus musculus protein tissue_or_cell_type: Purified E-cadherin ectodomain experimental_model: Two-domain crystal structure limitations: The crystallized fragment is not a complete living adherens junction; crystal dimer geometry alone does not define every adhesion contact. compartment_description: Extracellular domain [nagar1996] Structural basis of calcium-induced E-cadherin rigidification and dimerization (1996). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8598933/ DOI: 10.1038/380360a0
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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