Integrin alpha 3

ITGA3
Identifiers
AliasesITGA3, CD49C, GAP-B3, GAPB3, ILNEB, MSK18, VCA-2, VL3A, VLA3a, FRP-2, integrin subunit alpha 3, JEB7
External IDsOMIM: 605025; MGI: 96602; HomoloGene: 21129; GeneCards: ITGA3; OMA:ITGA3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002204
NM_005501

NM_013565
NM_001306071
NM_001306162

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002195

NP_001293000
NP_001293091
NP_038593

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 50.06 – 50.09 MbChr 11: 94.94 – 94.97 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Integrin alpha-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITGA3 gene.[5][6] ITGA3 is an integrin alpha subunit. Together with beta-1 subunit, it makes up half of the α3β1 integrin duplex that plays a role in neural migration and corticogenesis, acted upon by such factors as netrin-1 and reelin.

ITGA3 encodes the integrin alpha 3 chain. Integrins are heterodimeric integral membrane proteins composed of an alpha chain and a beta chain. Alpha chain 3 undergoes post-translational cleavage in the extracellular domain to yield disulfide-linked light and heavy chains that join with beta 1 to form an integrin that interacts with many extracellular matrix proteins.

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000005884Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000001507Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Takada Y, Murphy E, Pil P, Chen C, Ginsberg MH, Hemler ME (October 1991). "Molecular cloning and expression of the cDNA for alpha 3 subunit of human alpha 3 beta 1 (VLA-3), an integrin receptor for fibronectin, laminin, and collagen". J Cell Biol. 115 (1): 257–66. doi:10.1083/jcb.115.1.257. PMC 2289928. PMID 1655803.
  6. ^ Jones SD, van der Flier A, Sonnenberg A (September 1998). "Genomic organization of the human alpha 3 integrin subunit gene". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 248 (3): 896–8. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9071. PMID 9704023.