Description
Product Characteristics:
Kindlin-3 is a 667 amino acid protein that localizes to both the cell membrane and the cytoplasm and contains one PH domain and one FERM domain. Expressed at high levels in lymph node tissue and at lower levels in spleen, thymus, stomach, placenta, lung, testis and small intestine, Kindlin-3 is thought to be involved in cell adhesion events and may play a role in apoptosis. Kindlin-3 is overexpressed in B-cell malignancies, suggesting that, via its ability to affect cell adhesion, Kindlin-3 may participate in tumor transformation and metastasis. Two isforms of Kindlin-3, designated short and long, exist due to alternative splicing events.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: Fermitin family homolog 3, Fermitin family member 3, FERMT3, Kind3, Kindlin 3, Kindlin-3, Kindlin3, MGC10966, MIG 2, MIG2 like protein, MIG2-like protein, MIG2B, Unc 112 related protein 2, Unc-112-related protein 2, UNC112C, URP2_HUMAN, URP2SF.
Target Information: Kindlins are a small family of proteins that mediate protein-protein interactions involved in integrin activation and thereby have a role in cell adhesion, migration, differentiation, and proliferation. The protein encoded by this gene has a key role in the regulation of hemostasis and thrombosis. This protein may also help maintain the membrane skeleton of erythrocytes. Mutations in this gene cause the autosomal recessive leukocyte adhesion deficiency syndrome-III (LAD-III). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]