ING3

ING3
Identifiers
AliasesING3, Eaf4, ING2, MEAF4, p47inhibitor of growth family member 3
External IDsOMIM: 607493; MGI: 1919027; GeneCards: ING3
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_198267
NM_019071
NM_198266

NM_023626
NM_001311061

RefSeq (protein)

NP_061944
NP_938008

NP_001297990
NP_076115

Location (UCSC)Chr 7: 120.95 – 120.98 MbChr 6: 21.95 – 21.98 Mb
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Inhibitor of growth protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ING3 gene.

Gene

Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been observed.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is similar to ING1, a tumor suppressor protein that can interact with TP53, inhibit cell growth, and induce apoptosis. This protein contains a PHD finger, which is a common motif in proteins involved in chromatin remodeling. This gene can activate p53 trans-activated promoters, including promoters of p21 (waf1) and bax.

Clinical significance

Overexpression of this gene has been shown to inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis. Allelic loss and reduced expression of this gene were detected in head and neck cancers.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000071243 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029670 – Ensembl, 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. ↑ Gunduz M, Ouchida M, Fukushima K, Ito S, Jitsumori Y, Nakashima T, et al. (June 2002). "Allelic loss and reduced expression of the ING3, a candidate tumor suppressor gene at 7q31, in human head and neck cancers". Oncogene. 21 (28): 4462–4470. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1205540. PMID 12080476.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Entrez Gene: ING3 inhibitor of growth family, member 3".

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