Disease:Colorectal tumors that lost their capacity to differentiate into mucus producing cells uniformly lack DCC expression. Inactivation of DCC due to allelic deletion and/or point mutations may cause both lymphatic and hematogenous metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinomas.,Function:Receptor for netrin required for axon guidance. Mediates axon attraction of neuronal growth cones in the developing nervous system upon ligand binding. Its association with UNC5 proteins may trigger signaling for axon repulsion. It also acts as a dependence receptor required for apoptosis induction when not associated with netrin ligand. Implicated as a tumor suppressor gene.,PTM:Ubiquitinated; mediated by SIAH1 or SIAH2 and leading to its subsequent proteasomal degradation.,similarity:Belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily. DCC family.,similarity:Contains 4 Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domains.,similarity:Contains 6 fibronectin type-III domains.,subunit:Interacts with the cytoplasmic part of UNC5A, UNC5B, UNC5C and probably UNC5D.,tissue specificity:Found in axons of the central and peripheral nervous system and in differentiated cell types of the intestine.,
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