NLGN3

Neuroligin 3
Identifiers
SymbolsNLGN3 ; HNL3
External IDsOMIM: 300336 MGI: 2444609 HomoloGene: 23133 GeneCards: NLGN3 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez54413245537
EnsemblENSG00000196338ENSMUSG00000031302
UniProtQ9NZ94Q8BYM5
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001166660NM_172932
RefSeq (protein)NP_001160132NP_766520
Location (UCSC)Chr X:
70.36 – 70.39 Mb
Chr X:
101.3 – 101.33 Mb
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Neuroligin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NLGN3 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the neuroligin family of neuronal cell surface proteins. Neuroligins may act as splice site-specific ligands for beta-neurexins and may be involved in the formation and remodeling of central nervous system synapses. Mutations in this gene may be associated with autism and Asperger syndrome. Multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene, but their full length sequences have not been determined.[3]

References

  1. Philibert RA, Winfield SL, Sandhu HK, Martin BM, Ginns EI (May 2000). "The structure and expression of the human neuroligin-3 gene". Gene 246 (1–2): 303–10. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00049-4. PMID 10767552.
  2. Nagase T, Kikuno R, Ishikawa K, Hirosawa M, Ohara O (Sep 2000). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XVII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Res 7 (2): 143–50. doi:10.1093/dnares/7.2.143. PMID 10819331.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: NLGN3 neuroligin 3".

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