Description
FLRT3, also known as leucine-rich repeat transmembrane protein FLRT3, belongs to the fibronectin leucine rich transmembrane protein (FLRT) family. It contains onefibronectin type-III domain and ten LRR(leucine-rich) repeats and expressed in kidney, brain, pancreas, skeletal muscle, lung, liver, placenta, and heart. The members of the FLRT family may have a function in cell adhesion and/or receptor signaling. It has been implicated in neurite outgrowth after nerve damage, as a positive regulator of FGF signalling and in homotypic cell adhesion. It may have a crucial role in regulating cellular adhesion between the epithelial apical ridge and the underlying mesenchyme and in establishing the dorso-ventral position of the ridge. Recombinant human FLRT3, fused to His-tag at C-terminus, was expressed in insect cell and purified by using conventional chromatography techniques