Biology:CASC3

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Protein CASC3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CASC3 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The product of this gene is a core component of the exon junction complex (EJC), a protein complex that is deposited on spliced mRNAs at exon-exon junctions and functions in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). The encoded protein binds RNA and interacts with two other EJC core components. It is predominantly located in the cytoplasm, but shuttles into the nucleus where it localizes to nuclear speckles.[3]

References

  1. "Identification of four novel human genes amplified and overexpressed in breast carcinoma and localized to the q11-q21.3 region of chromosome 17". Genomics 28 (3): 367–76. Jan 1996. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1163. PMID 7490069. 
  2. "Genomic analysis of the HER2/TOP2A amplicon in breast cancer and breast cancer cell lines". Lab Invest 88 (5): 491–503. Apr 2008. doi:10.1038/labinvest.2008.19. PMID 18332872. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: CASC3 cancer susceptibility candidate 3". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=22794. 

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