Description
Product Characteristics:
Adapter protein involved in asymmetrical cell division and cell polarization processes. Seems to play a central role in the formation of epithelial tight junctions. Targets the phosphatase PTEN to cell junctions. Involved in Schwann cell peripheral myelination (By similarity). Association with PARD6B may prevent the interaction of PARD3 with F11R/JAM1, thereby preventing tight junction assembly. The PARD6-PARD3 complex links GTP-bound Rho small GTPases to atypical protein kinase C proteins. Required for establishment of neuronal polarity and normal axon formation in cultured hippocampal neurons.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: Baz, ASIP, PAR3, PARD-3, PARD3A, SE2-5T2, PPP1R118, SE2-5L16, SE2-5LT1, PAR3alpha, Partitioning defective 3 homolog, PAR-3, Atypical PKC isotype-specific-interacting protein, CTCL tumor antigen se2-5, PAR3-alpha, PARD3, PAR3A
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the PARD protein family. PARD family members interact with other PARD family members and other proteins\, they affect asymmetrical cell division and direct polarized cell growth. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011]