Anti-protocadherin 7 antibodies are used for the immunodetection of the protein encoded by the PCDH7 gene. In humans, the canonical protein has a reported length of 1069 amino acid residues and a mass of 116.1 kDa. Its subcellular localization is in the cell membrane. Alternative splicing is reported to yield 2 different isoforms for this protein. It is reported to be highly expressed in the brain and heart and at lower levels in various other tissues. It is noted to be involved in cell adhesion. Post-translational modifications have been described, including glycosylation. Other names for this target antigen include BHPCDH, PPP1R120, BH-protocadherin (brain-heart), brain-heart protocadherin, protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 120, and BH-Pcdh. Gene orthologs have been identified in the mouse, rat, bovine, frog, zebrafish, chimpanzee and chicken species.