PARD3 explained

Partitioning defective 3 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PARD3 gene.[1] [2]

Function

PARD proteins, which were first identified in C. elegans, are essential for asymmetric cell division and polarized growth, whereas CDC42 (MIM 116952) mediates the establishment of cell polarity. The CDC42 GTPase, which is controlled by nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs; see MIM 606057) and GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs; see MIM 604980), interacts with a large set of effector proteins that typically contain a CDC42/RAC (MIM 602048)-interactive binding (CRIB) domain.[supplied by OMIM][2]

Interactions

PARD3 has been shown to interact with:

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Joberty G, Petersen C, Gao L, Macara IG . The cell-polarity protein Par6 links Par3 and atypical protein kinase C to Cdc42 . Nat Cell Biol . 2 . 8 . 531–9 . Oct 2000 . 10934474 . 10.1038/35019573 . 27139234 .
  2. Web site: Entrez Gene: PARD3 par-3 partitioning defective 3 homolog (C. elegans).
  3. Ebnet K, Aurrand-Lions M, Kuhn A, Kiefer F, Butz S, Zander K, Meyer zu Brickwedde MK, Suzuki A, Imhof BA, Vestweber D . The junctional adhesion molecule (JAM) family members JAM-2 and JAM-3 associate with the cell polarity protein PAR-3: a possible role for JAMs in endothelial cell polarity . J. Cell Sci. . 116 . Pt 19 . 3879–91 . Oct 2003 . 12953056 . 10.1242/jcs.00704 . free .
  4. Kohjima M, Noda Y, Takeya R, Saito N, Takeuchi K, Sumimoto H . PAR3beta, a novel homologue of the cell polarity protein PAR3, localizes to tight junctions . Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. . 299 . 4 . 641–6 . Dec 2002 . 12459187 . 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02698-0.
  5. Takekuni K, Ikeda W, Fujito T, Morimoto K, Takeuchi M, Monden M, Takai Y . Direct binding of cell polarity protein PAR-3 to cell-cell adhesion molecule nectin at neuroepithelial cells of developing mouse . J. Biol. Chem. . 278 . 8 . 5497–500 . Feb 2003 . 12515806 . 10.1074/jbc.C200707200 . free .