Endothelin 3

EDN3
Identifiers
Aliases EDN3, ET-3, ET3, HSCR4, PPET3, WS4B, endothelin 3
External IDs MGI: 95285 HomoloGene: 88 GeneCards: EDN3
RNA expression pattern


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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

1908

13616

Ensembl

ENSG00000124205

ENSMUSG00000027524

UniProt

P14138

P48299

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007903

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001289384.1
NP_001289385.1
NP_996915.1
NP_996916.1
NP_996917.1

NP_031929.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 20: 59.3 – 59.33 Mb Chr 2: 174.76 – 174.78 Mb
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Endothelin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EDN3 gene.[3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the endothelin family. Endothelins are endothelium-derived vasoactive peptides involved in a variety of biological functions. The active form of this protein is a 21 amino acid peptide processed from the precursor protein. The active peptide is a ligand for endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB). The interaction of this endothelin with EDNRB is essential for development of neural crest-derived cell lineages, such as melanocytes and enteric neurons. Mutations in this gene and EDNRB have been associated with Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) and Waardenburg syndrome (WS), which are congenital disorders involving neural crest-derived cells. Four alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding three distinct isoforms have been observed.[3]

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