Acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) also known as amiloride-sensitive cation channel 3 (ACCN3) or testis sodium channel 1 (TNaC1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASIC3 gene. The ASIC3 gene is one of the five paralogous genes that encode proteins that form trimeric acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) in mammals.[5] The cDNA of this gene was first cloned in 1998.[6][7] The ASIC genes have splicing variants that encode different proteins that are called isoforms.

ASIC3
Identifiers
AliasesASIC3, ACCN3, DRASIC, SLNAC1, TNaC1, acid sensing ion channel subunit 3
External IDsOMIM: 611741 MGI: 2159339 HomoloGene: 20999 GeneCards: ASIC3
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004769
NM_020321
NM_020322

NM_183000
NM_001310474

RefSeq (protein)

NP_004760
NP_064717
NP_064718

NP_001297403
NP_892045

Location (UCSC)Chr 7: 151.05 – 151.05 MbChr 5: 24.62 – 24.62 Mb
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These genes are mainly expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system.

ASICs can form both homotrimeric (meaning composed of three identical subunits) and heterotrimeric channels.[8]

Structure and function edit

This gene encodes a member of the ASIC/ENaC superfamily of proteins.[9] The members of this family are amiloride-sensitive sodium channels that contain intracellular N and C termini, 2 hydrophobic transmembrane (TM) regions, and a large extracellular loop, which has many cysteine residues with conserved spacing. The TM regions are generally symbolized as TM1 (clone to N-terminus) and TM2 (close to C-terminus).

The pore of the channel through which ions selectively flow from the extracellular side into the cytoplasm is formed by the three TM2 regions of the trimer.[5]

Interactions edit

ASIC3 has been shown to interact with LIN7B,[10] GOPC[10] and MAGI1.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000213199Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000038276Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b Hanukoglu I (2017). "ASIC and ENaC type sodium channels: Conformational states and the structures of the ion selectivity filters". FEBS Journal. 284 (4): 525–545. doi:10.1111/febs.13840. PMID 27580245. S2CID 24402104.
  6. ^ Ishibashi K, Marumo F (June 1998). "Molecular cloning of a DEG/ENaC sodium channel cDNA from human testis". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 245 (2): 589–93. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8483. PMID 9571199.
  7. ^ de Weille JR, Bassilana F, Lazdunski M, Waldmann R (October 1998). "Identification, functional expression and chromosomal localisation of a sustained human proton-gated cation channel". FEBS Lett. 433 (3): 257–60. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00916-8. PMID 9744806. S2CID 24431941.
  8. ^ Babinski K, Catarsi S, Biagini G, Séguéla P (Sep 2000). "Mammalian ASIC2a and ASIC3 subunits co-assemble into heteromeric proton-gated channels sensitive to Gd3+". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (37): 28519–25. doi:10.1074/jbc.M004114200. hdl:11380/304669. PMID 10842183.
  9. ^ Hanukoglu I, Hanukoglu A (Jan 2016). "Epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) family: Phylogeny, structure-function, tissue distribution, and associated inherited diseases". Gene. 579 (2): 95–132. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2015.12.061. PMC 4756657. PMID 26772908.
  10. ^ a b c Hruska-Hageman AM, Benson CJ, Leonard AS, Price MP, Welsh MJ (November 2004). "PSD-95 and Lin-7b interact with acid-sensing ion channel-3 and have opposite effects on H+- gated current". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (45): 46962–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M405874200. PMID 15317815.

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