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Facts about Metallothionein-3.
Inhibits survival and neurite formation of cortical neurons in vitro. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | MT3 |
Uniprot: | P25713 |
Entrez: | 4504 |
Belongs to: |
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metallothionein superfamily |
GIFBmetallothionein-3; GIFGRIF; Growth inhibitory factor; metallothionein 3 (growth inhibitory factor (neurotrophic)); metallothionein 3; metallothionein-III; MT-3; MT-III
Mass (kDA):
6.927 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 16q13 |
Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (56589528..56591085) |
Abundant in a subset of astrocytes in the normal human brain, but greatly reduced in the Alzheimer disease (AD) brain.
PMID: 1873033 by Uchida Y., et al. The growth inhibitory factor that is deficient in the Alzheimer's disease brain is a 68 amino acid metallothionein-like protein.
PMID: 1631128 by Palmiter R.D., et al. MT-III, a brain-specific member of the metallothionein gene family.