EXOC3

Exocyst complex component 3
Identifiers
SymbolsEXOC3 ; SEC6; SEC6L1; Sec6p
External IDsOMIM: 608186 MGI: 2443972 HomoloGene: 38296 GeneCards: EXOC3 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez11336211446
EnsemblENSG00000180104ENSMUSG00000034152
UniProtO60645Q6KAR6
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_007277NM_177333
RefSeq (protein)NP_009208NP_796307
Location (UCSC)Chr 5:
0.44 – 0.47 Mb
Chr 13:
74.17 – 74.21 Mb
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Exocyst complex component 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EXOC3 gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a component of the exocyst complex, a multiple protein complex essential for targeting exocytic vesicles to specific docking sites on the plasma membrane. Though best characterized in yeast, the component proteins and functions of exocyst complex have been demonstrated to be highly conserved in higher eukaryotes. At least eight components of the exocyst complex, including this protein, are found to interact with the actin cytoskeletal remodeling and vesicle transport machinery. The complex is also essential for the biogenesis of epithelial cell surface polarity.[2]

Interactions

EXOC3 has been shown to interact with DLG3[3] and EXOC4.[3][4]

References

  1. Andersson B, Wentland MA, Ricafrente JY, Liu W, Gibbs RA (Jun 1996). "A "double adaptor" method for improved shotgun library construction". Anal Biochem 236 (1): 107–13. doi:10.1006/abio.1996.0138. PMID 8619474.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: EXOC3 exocyst complex component 3".
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sans N, Prybylowski K, Petralia RS, Chang K, Wang YX, Racca C et al. (Jun 2003). "NMDA receptor trafficking through an interaction between PDZ proteins and the exocyst complex". Nat. Cell Biol. 5 (6): 520–30. doi:10.1038/ncb990. PMID 12738960.
  4. Inoue M, Chang L, Hwang J, Chiang SH, Saltiel AR (Apr 2003). "The exocyst complex is required for targeting of Glut4 to the plasma membrane by insulin". Nature 422 (6932): 629–33. doi:10.1038/nature01533. PMID 12687004.

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