DCTN3

DCTN3
Identifiers
Aliases DCTN3, DCTN-22, DCTN22, dynactin subunit 3
External IDs MGI: 1859251 HomoloGene: 5233 GeneCards: DCTN3
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

11258

53598

Ensembl

ENSG00000137100

ENSMUSG00000028447

UniProt

O75935

Q9Z0Y1

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_024348
NM_001281425
NM_001281426
NM_001281427
NM_007234

NM_001159565
NM_016890

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001268354.1
NP_001268355.1
NP_009165.1
NP_077324.1

NP_001153037.1
NP_058586.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 34.61 – 34.62 Mb Chr 4: 41.71 – 41.72 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Dynactin subunit 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DCTN3 gene.[3][4][5]

This gene encodes the smallest subunit of dynactin, a macromolecular complex consisting of 10 subunits ranging in size from 22 to 150 kD. Dynactin binds to both microtubules and cytoplasmic dynein. It is involved in a diverse array of cellular functions, including ER-to-Golgi transport, the centripetal movement of lysosomes and endosomes, spindle formation, cytokinesis, chromosome movement, nuclear positioning, and axonogenesis. This subunit, like most other dynactin subunits, exists only as a part of the dynactin complex. It is primarily an alpha-helical protein with very little coiled coil, and binds directly to the largest subunit (p150) of dynactin. Alternative splicing of this gene generates 2 transcript variants.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ Karki S, LaMonte B, Holzbaur EL (Sep 1998). "Characterization of the p22 subunit of dynactin reveals the localization of cytoplasmic dynein and dynactin to the midbody of dividing cells". J Cell Biol. 142 (4): 1023–34. doi:10.1083/jcb.142.4.1023. PMC 2132867Freely accessible. PMID 9722614.
  4. ↑ Mills DR, Jackson CL (Apr 2001). "Assignment of p22 dynactin light chain (DCTN3) to human chromosome region 9p13 by radiation hybrid mapping". Cytogenet Cell Genet. 92 (1-2): 166. doi:10.1159/000056892. PMID 11306820.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: DCTN3 dynactin 3 (p22)".

Further reading


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