SHROOM3
Encyclopedia
Protein shroom3 also known as shroom-related protein is a protein
that in humans is encoded by the SHROOM3 gene
.
Protein shroom3 is a PDZ domain
-containing protein that belongs to a family of Shroom-related proteins
. This protein may be involved in regulating cell shape in certain tissues. A similar protein in mice is required for proper neurulation
.
Protein
Proteins are biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function. A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of...
that in humans is encoded by the SHROOM3 gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
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Protein shroom3 is a PDZ domain
PDZ domain
The PDZ domain is a common structural domain of 80-90 amino-acids found in the signaling proteins of bacteria, yeast, plants, viruses and animals...
-containing protein that belongs to a family of Shroom-related proteins
Shroom protein family
In molecular biology, the Shroom protein family is a small group of related proteins that are defined by sequence similarity and in most cases by some link to the actin cytoskeleton. The Shroom protein family is found only in animals...
. This protein may be involved in regulating cell shape in certain tissues. A similar protein in mice is required for proper neurulation
Neurulation
Neurulation is the stage of organogenesis in vertebrate embryos, during which the neural tube is transformed into the primitive structures that will later develop into the central nervous system....
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