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Symbol COL4A3 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 05-01-2010
HGNC name collagen, type IV, alpha 3 (Goodpasture antigen)
HGNC id 2204
Corresponding disease
ATS2 Alport syndrome 2
ATS3 Alport syndrome 3
FBH familial "benign" hematuria
Location 2q36.3      Physical location : 228.029.280 - 228.179.507
Synonym name
  • collagen of basement membrane, alpha 3 chain, tumstatin
  • thick basement membrane (TBM), neuromuscular junction
  • goodpasture antigen
  • tumstatin
  • DNA
    TYPE functioning gene
    SPECIAL FEATURE head to head, opposite orientation
    text head-to head to COL4A4
    STRUCTURE 150.23 kb     52 Exon(s)
    10 Kb 5' upstream gene genomic sequence study
    regulatory sequence Promoter
    text structure sharing the same promoter with COL4A4
    MAPPING cloned Y linked Y status provisional
    RNA
    TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
    identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
    ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
    52 - 8096 161.7 1670 - Quinones (1992)
    51 splicing 7923 159.2 1642 - Turner, Quinones (1992)
    lacking exon 51
    49 splicing 7630 145.2 1494 - Turner, Quinones (1992)
    lacking exons 50, 51
    48 splicing 7420 138.1 1424 - Turner, Quinones (1992)
    lacking exons 49, 50, 51, 52
    EXPRESSION
    Type ubiquitous
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Hearing/Equilibriumearinnercochlea  
    Urinarykidneynephronrenal capsuleglomerulus 
    cells
    SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Respiratoryalveoli
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    physiological period fetal, pregnancy
    Text in the dermo-epidermal junction during fetal skin development
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
  • meshwork forming collagen with a GLy-X-Y repeat sequence interspersed by small interruptions
  • non collagenous I domain (NC1), tumstatin, endogenous inhibitor of pathological angiogenesis and suppressing tumor growth
  • C terminal peptide seqence inhibiting melanoma cell proliferation
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Col4a3
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • type IV collagen family
  • CATEGORY structural protein , tumor suppressor
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION extracellular
    text extracellular matrix protein of glomerular basement membrane, Bowman capsule, distal TBM, neuromuscular junction
    basic FUNCTION
  • functioning as an endothelial cell-specific inhibitor of protein synthesis
  • inhibiting angiogenesis and tumor growth
  • formation of basement membranes
  • functioning as an endogenous inhibitor of pathological angiogenesis and a novel suppressor of proliferating endothelial cells and growth of tumors
  • CELLULAR PROCESS cell life, cell death/apoptosis
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling sensory transduction/hearing
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • binding ITGAV beta 3 (to the inhibition of CAP-dependent translation and protein synthesis)
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) ATS2 , FBH , ATS3
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS