PLS3

Plastin 3

PDB rendering based on 1aoa.
Available structures
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Identifiers
Symbols PLS3 ; BMND18; T-plastin
External IDs OMIM: 300131 MGI: 104807 HomoloGene: 128200 GeneCards: PLS3 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 5358 102866
Ensembl ENSG00000102024 ENSMUSG00000016382
UniProt P13797 Q99K51
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001136025 NM_001166453
RefSeq (protein) NP_001129497 NP_001159925
Location (UCSC) Chr X:
115.56 – 115.65 Mb
Chr X:
75.79 – 75.88 Mb
PubMed search

Plastin-3 is a highly conserved protein that in humans is encoded by the PLS3 gene on the X chromosome.[1][2]

Function

Plastins are a family of actin-binding proteins that are conserved throughout eukaryote evolution and expressed in most tissues of higher eukaryotes. In humans, two ubiquitous plastin isoforms (L and T) have been identified. Plastin 1 (otherwise known as Fimbrin) is a third distinct plastin isoform which is specifically expressed at high levels in the small intestine. The L isoform is expressed only in hemopoietic cell lineages, while the T isoform has been found in all other normal cells of solid tissues that have replicative potential (fibroblasts, endothelial cells, epithelial cells, melanocytes, etc.). The C-terminal 570 amino acids of the T-plastin and L-plastin proteins are 83% identical. It contains a potential calcium-binding site near the N-terminus.[2]

Clinical significance

Defects in PLS3 are associated with osteoporosis and bone fracture in humans and in knockout zebrafish.[3]

References

  1. Lin CS, Park T, Chen ZP, Leavitt J (Mar 1993). "Human plastin genes. Comparative gene structure, chromosome location, and differential expression in normal and neoplastic cells". J Biol Chem 268 (4): 2781–92. PMID 8428952.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: PLS3 plastin 3 (T isoform)".
  3. van Dijk FS, Zillikens MC, Micha D, Riessland M, Marcelis CL, de Die-Smulders CE, Milbradt J, Franken AA, Harsevoort AJ, Lichtenbelt KD; et al. (October 2013). "PLS3 Mutations in X-Linked Osteoporosis with Fractures". N. Engl. J. Med. 369 (16): 1529–36. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1308223. PMID 24088043.

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