Biology:ATP1A3

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit alpha-3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ATP1A3 gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the family of P-type cation transport ATPases, and to the subfamily of Na+/K+-ATPases. Na+/K+-ATPase is an integral membrane protein responsible for establishing and maintaining the electrochemical gradients of Na and K ions across the plasma membrane. These gradients are essential for osmoregulation, for sodium-coupled transport of a variety of organic and inorganic molecules, and for electrical excitability of nerve and muscle. This enzyme is composed of two subunits, a large catalytic subunit (alpha) and a smaller glycoprotein subunit (beta). The catalytic subunit of Na+/K+-ATPase is encoded by multiple genes. This gene encodes an alpha 3 subunit.[2] ATP1A3 is expressed early in human development, likely underlying pathophysiology related to several ATP1A3 related diseases.[3]

Clinical significance

Disease causing variants of the ATP1A3 gene are known to cause a variety of movement disorders and epilepsies.[4] The known associations include a variety of syndromes, in approximate order of presentation:

  1. Malformation of Cortex Development, including polymicrogyria[3]
  2. Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
  3. Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC)
  4. Cerebellar ataxia, Areflexia, Pes cavus, Optic atrophy and Sensorineural hearing loss (CAPOS/CAOS syndrome)
  5. Very early-onset schizophrenia[5]
  6. Rapid onset dystonia-parkinsonism (RDP, also known as DYT12)
  7. Fever induced paroxysmal weakness and encephalopathy (FIPWE)
  8. Recurrent episodes of cerebellar ataxia (RECA)

In mice, mutations in this gene are associated with epilepsy. By manipulating this gene in the offspring of such mice, epilepsy can be avoided.[6]

References

  1. "The phenotypic spectrum of rapid-onset dystonia-parkinsonism (RDP) and mutations in the ATP1A3 gene". Brain 130 (Pt 3): 828–35. Mar 2007. doi:10.1093/brain/awl340. PMID 17282997. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: ATP1A3 ATPase, Na+/K+ transporting, alpha 3 polypeptide". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=478. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Early role for a Na + ,K + -ATPase ( ATP1A3 ) in brain development". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (25): e2023333118. 2021-06-22. doi:10.1073/pnas.2023333118. PMID 34161264. 
  4. "The expanding spectrum of movement disorders in genetic epilepsies". Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 62 (2): 178–191. February 2020. doi:10.1111/dmcn.14407. PMID 31784983. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10088482/. 
  5. "A novel de novo mutation in ATP1A3 and childhood-onset schizophrenia". Cold Spring Harbor Molecular Case Studies 2 (5): a001008. September 2016. doi:10.1101/mcs.a001008. PMID 27626066. 
  6. "Mutation I810N in the alpha3 isoform of Na+,K+-ATPase causes impairments in the sodium pump and hyperexcitability in the CNS". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 (33): 14085–90. August 2009. doi:10.1073/pnas.0904817106. PMID 19666602. Bibcode2009PNAS..10614085C. 

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