RTL3

Retrotransposon Gag like 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RTL3 gene. [5]

RTL3
Identifiers
AliasesRTL3, Mar3, Mart3, ZHC5, ZCCHC5, zinc finger CCHC-type containing 5, SIRH9, retrotransposon Gag like 3
External IDsMGI: 2685221 HomoloGene: 19397 GeneCards: RTL3
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

203430

213436

Ensembl

ENSG00000179300

ENSMUSG00000047686

UniProt

Q8N8U3

Q6P1Y1

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_152694

NM_199468

RefSeq (protein)

NP_689907

NP_955762

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 78.66 – 78.66 MbChr X: 105.88 – 105.88 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Function

This gene is a member of a family of gag-related retrotransposon genes. These genes appear to have lost the ability to retrotranspose; however, their open reading frames have remained intact, which may indicate that these genes have acquired new functions in the cell.

References
  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000179300 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000047686 - Ensembl, 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. "Entrez Gene: Retrotransposon Gag like 3". Retrieved 2017-09-18.

Further reading

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