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Symbol POU3F3 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 11-09-2019
HGNC name POU class 3 homeobox 3
HGNC id 9216
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • POU homeo (helix-turn-helix) domains, required for high affinity binding to octamer DNA sequences
  • a homeobox DNA-binding domain
  • mono polymer homomer , heteromer , dimer
    HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Pou3f3/Brn1
    homolog to rattus Pou3f3
    homolog to C.elegans k02b12.1
    intraspecies paralog to POU3F2
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • class III POU homeodomain family of transcription factors
  • CATEGORY transcription factor
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,nucleus
    basic FUNCTION
  • having a transcription factor activity
  • expression of SOX11 and POU3F3 may be modulated by the cell-type specific machinery
  • may be important for the maintenance or functional development of the postnatal cochlea
  • POU3F3 and POU3F2 (Brn1 and Brn2) are known to label postmitotic upper-layer cells, and are redundantly required for their production
  • critically involved in development of distinct nephron segments, including the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle (TAL)
  • plays an oncogenic role in hepatocellular carcinoma
  • share important roles in neurodevelopment with its close paralog POU3F2
  • transcription factor involved in the development of the central nervous system, with essential functions for normal brain development
  • CELLULAR PROCESS nucleotide, transcription
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS development , nervous system
    text playing a role in neurogenesis
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA binding to the octamer motif ATGCAAAT
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • POU3F2, POU3F3 influence multiple stages of neurogenesis by suppressing Notch effector HES5, and promoting the expression of proneural transcription factors EOMES and TBR1
  • contributes to the development of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) by interacting with EZH2 to promote methylation of POU3F3, which encodes a transcription factor
  • may promote cancer cell proliferation in prostate carcinoma by upregulating ROCK1
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) NDDEA
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    tumoral     --over  
    in esophageal squamous-cell carcinomas
    tumoral       gain of function
    in glioma tissue and significantly correlated with the advanced tumor stage
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
    cancerdigestiveliver
    potential therapeutic strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma patients
    cancerbrain 
    function as a putative therapeutic target in glioma
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • knock-out Brn1 mouse
  • deficiency of Pou3f3 in knock-out mice leads to underdevelopment of the TAL, lack of differentiation of TAL cells, and perinatal death due to renal failure