Metallothionein-3

Details

Name
Metallothionein-3
Synonyms
  • GIF
  • GIFB
  • Growth inhibitory factor
  • Metallothionein-III
  • MT-3
  • MT-III
Gene Name
MT3
Organism
Humans
Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0017834|Metallothionein-3
MDPETCPCPSGGSCTCADSCKCEGCKCTSCKKSCCSCCPAECEKCAKDCVCKGGEAAEAE
AEKCSCCQ
Number of residues
68
Molecular Weight
6926.855
Theoretical pI
Not Available
GO Classification
Functions
antioxidant activity / cadmium ion binding / copper ion binding / cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity involved in apoptotic process / drug binding / protein kinase activator activity / zinc ion binding
Processes
activation of protein kinase B activity / astrocyte development / brain development / cadmium ion homeostasis / cell proliferation / cellular lipid catabolic process / cellular metal ion homeostasis / cellular response to cadmium ion / cellular response to drug / cellular response to hypoxia / cellular response to nitric oxide / cellular response to oxidative stress / cellular zinc ion homeostasis / cholesterol catabolic process / energy reserve metabolic process / ERK1 and ERK2 cascade / histone modification / leptin-mediated signaling pathway / negative regulation of apoptotic process / negative regulation of autophagy / negative regulation of axon extension / negative regulation of cell growth / negative regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity / negative regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process / negative regulation of hydrogen peroxide catabolic process / negative regulation of necrotic cell death / negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process / negative regulation of oxidoreductase activity / negative regulation of reactive oxygen species metabolic process / negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated / positive regulation of catalytic activity / positive regulation of cell death / positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade / positive regulation of gene expression / positive regulation of lysosomal membrane permeability / positive regulation of necrotic cell death / positive regulation of oxygen metabolic process / positive regulation of protein phosphorylation / positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter in response to oxidative stress / positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated / positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway / protein import into nucleus, translocation / protein kinase B signaling / protein stabilization / regulation of protein glycosylation / regulation of response to food / removal of superoxide radicals / response to hypoxia / zinc II ion transport / zinc ion homeostasis
Components
astrocyte end-foot / axon / cytoplasm / dendritic spine / extracellular space / inclusion body / intracellular / microtubule / mitochondrial outer membrane / perinuclear region of cytoplasm / plasma membrane / postsynaptic density / ribosome / rough endoplasmic reticulum / synaptic vesicle
General Function
Zinc ion binding
Specific Function
Binds heavy metals. Contains three zinc and three copper atoms per polypeptide chain and only a negligible amount of cadmium. Inhibits survival and neurite formation of cortical neurons in vitro.
Pfam Domain Function
Transmembrane Regions
Not Available
Cellular Location
Not Available
Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0017835|Metallothionein-3 (MT3)
ATGGACCCTGAGACCTGCCCCTGCCCTTCTGGTGGCTCCTGCACCTGCGCGGACTCCTGC
AAGTGCGAGGGATGCAAATGCACCTCCTGCAAGAAGAGCTGCTGCTCCTGCTGCCCTGCG
GAGTGTGAGAAGTGTGCCAAGGACTGTGTGTGCAAAGGCGGAGAGGCAGCTGAGGCAGAA
GCAGAGAAGTGCAGCTGCTGCCAGTGA
Chromosome Location
16
Locus
Not Available
External Identifiers
ResourceLink
UniProtKB IDP25713
UniProtKB Entry NameMT3_HUMAN
HGNC IDHGNC:7408
General References
  1. Uchida Y, Takio K, Titani K, Ihara Y, Tomonaga M: The growth inhibitory factor that is deficient in the Alzheimer's disease brain is a 68 amino acid metallothionein-like protein. Neuron. 1991 Aug;7(2):337-47. [Article]
  2. Palmiter RD, Findley SD, Whitmore TE, Durnam DM: MT-III, a brain-specific member of the metallothionein gene family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Jul 15;89(14):6333-7. [Article]
  3. Tsuji S, Kobayashi H, Uchida Y, Ihara Y, Miyatake T: Molecular cloning of human growth inhibitory factor cDNA and its down-regulation in Alzheimer's disease. EMBO J. 1992 Dec;11(13):4843-50. [Article]
  4. Naruse S, Igarashi S, Furuya T, Kobayashi H, Miyatake T, Tsuji S: Structures of the human and mouse growth inhibitory factor-encoding genes. Gene. 1994 Jul 8;144(2):283-7. [Article]
  5. Amoureux MC, Wurch T, Pauwels PJ: Modulation of metallothionein-III mRNA content and growth rate of rat C6-glial cells by transfection with human 5-HT1D receptor genes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1995 Sep 14;214(2):639-45. [Article]
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Drug Relations

Drug Relations
DrugBank IDNameDrug groupPharmacological action?ActionsDetails
DB01593Zincapproved, investigationalunknownDetails
DB14487Zinc acetateapproved, investigationalunknownDetails
DB14533Zinc chlorideapproved, investigationalunknowncofactorDetails
DB14548Zinc sulfate, unspecified formapproved, experimentalunknowncofactorDetails
DB09130Copperapproved, investigationalnobinderDetails
DB12965Silverapproved, investigationalunknownbinderDetails