GPC3

Cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans are composed of a membrane-associated protein core substituted with a variable number of heparan sulfate chains. Members of the glypican-related integral membrane proteoglycan family (GRIPS) contain a core protein anchored to the cytoplasmic membrane via a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol linkage. These proteins may play a role in the control of cell division and growth regulation. The protein encoded by this gene can bind to and inhibit the dipeptidyl peptidase activity of CD26, and it can induce apoptosis in certain cell types. Deletion mutations in this gene are associated with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, also known as Simpson dysmorphia syndrome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

Description

Glypican 3

Tissue specificity

Tissue enriched (placenta)

Subcell location

Plasma membrane

Predicted location

Intracellular, Membrane

Protein family

Cancer-related genes
Disease related genes
Human disease related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted membrane proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

X (133535745 - 133985594)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000147257  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Gpc3: ENSMUSG00000055653

UniProt

P51654

neXtProt

NX_P51654

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure