Biology:FOXA3

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


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Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3-gamma (HNF-3G), also known as forkhead box protein A3 (FOXA3) or transcription factor 3G (TCF-3G) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FOXA3 gene.[1][2]

Function

HNF-3G is a member of the forkhead class of DNA-binding proteins. These hepatocyte nuclear factors are transcriptional activators for liver-specific transcripts such as albumin and transthyretin, and they also interact with chromatin. Similar family members in mice have roles in the regulation of metabolism and in the differentiation of the pancreas and liver.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: forkhead box A3". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3171. 
  2. "Assignment of the human genes for hepatocyte nuclear factor 3-alpha, -beta, and -gamma (HNF3A, HNF3B, HNF3G) to 14q12-q13, 20p11, and 19q13.2-q13.4". Genomics 39 (3): 417–9. February 1997. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4477. PMID 9119385. 

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P55318 (Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3-gamma) at the PDBe-KB.

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