Collagen alpha-3(IV) chain

Collagen, type IV, alpha 3 (Goodpasture antigen)
Identifiers
Symbols	COL4A3;
External IDs	OMIM: 120070 MGI: 104688 HomoloGene: 68033 GeneCards: COL4A3 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • integrin binding • integrin binding • structural molecule activity • extracellular matrix structural constituent • protein binding • metalloendopeptidase inhibitor activity Cellular component • extracellular region • collagen • collagen type IV • basement membrane Biological process • induction of apoptosis • activation of caspase activity • cell adhesion • cell surface receptor linked signaling pathway • axon guidance • sensory perception of sound • blood circulation • cell proliferation • negative regulation of cell proliferation • response to glucose stimulus • negative regulation of angiogenesis • glomerular basement membrane development Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	1285	12828
Ensembl	ENSG00000169031	ENSMUSG00000079465
UniProt	Q01955	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_000091	NM_007734.2
RefSeq (protein)	NP_000082	NP_031760.2
Location (UCSC)	Chr 2: 228.03 – 228.18 Mb	Chr 1: 82.58 – 82.72 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Collagen alpha-3(IV) chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COL4A3 gene.^[1][2]

Type IV collagen, the major structural component of basement membranes, is a multimeric protein composed of 3 alpha subunits. These subunits are encoded by 6 different genes, alpha 1 through alpha 6, each of which can form a triple helix structure with 2 other subunits to form type IV collagen. This gene encodes alpha 3. In the Goodpasture syndrome, autoantibodies bind to the collagen molecules in the basement membranes of alveoli and glomeruli. The epitopes that elicit these autoantibodies are localized largely to the non-collagenous C-terminal domain of the protein. A specific kinase phosphorylates amino acids in this same C-terminal region and the expression of this kinase is upregulated during pathogenesis. There are multiple alternate transcripts that appear to be unique to this human alpha 3 gene and alternate splicing is restricted to the six exons that encode this C-terminal domain. This gene is also linked to an autosomal recessive form of Alport syndrome. The mutations contributing to this syndrome are also located within the exons that encode this C-terminal region. Like the other members of the type IV collagen gene family, this gene is organized in a head-to-head conformation with another type IV collagen gene so that each gene pair shares a common promoter. Some exons of this gene are interspersed with exons of an uncharacterized gene which is on the opposite strand.^[2]

References

1. ^ Turner N, Mason PJ, Brown R, Fox M, Povey S, Rees A, Pusey CD (Mar 1992). "Molecular cloning of the human Goodpasture antigen demonstrates it to be the alpha 3 chain of type IV collagen". J Clin Invest 89 (2): 592–601. doi:10.1172/JCI115625. PMC 442892. PMID 1737849. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=442892. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Entrez Gene: COL4A3 collagen, type IV, alpha 3 (Goodpasture antigen)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1285. 

Further reading

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