Description
Product Characteristics:
SMARCD3, is a member of the SMARCD family and contains one SWIB domain. Two isoforms, isoform 1 and isoform 2 exist due to alternative splicing events. Both isoforms are expressed in placenta, salivary gland, kidney, brain, trachea, uterus, prostate, testis, thyroid, spleen and heart, while isoform 1 is also expressed in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. Localizing to the nucleus, SMARCD3 is a component of the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex SNF/SWI and is believed to play a role in nucleosome remodeling. SMARCD3 also plays an important role in the regulation of muscle development. In mice, the silencing of the gene en-coding SMARCD3 leads to defects in heart morphogenesis. In addition, both isoforms of SMARCD3 directly interact with and function as coactivators for several transcription factors.
Synonyms: 60 kDa BRG 1/Brm associated factor subunit C, 60 kDa BRG-1/Brm-associated factor subunit C, BAF60C, BRG1 associated factor 60C, BRG1-associated factor 60C, CRACD3, MGC111010, Rsc6p, Smarcd3, SMRD3_HUMAN, SWI/SNF related matrix associated actin dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily d member 3, SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily D member 3.
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the SWI/SNF family of proteins, whose members display helicase and ATPase activities and which are thought to regulate transcription of certain genes by altering the chromatin structure around those genes. The encoded protein is part of the large ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex SNF/SWI and has sequence similarity to the yeast Swp73 protein. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene, but the biological validity of some variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]