Tripartite motif-containing protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TRIM3gene.[1][2]
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the tripartite motif (TRIM) family, also called the 'RING-B-box-coiled-coil' (RBCC) subgroup of RING finger proteins. The TRIM motif includes three zinc-binding domains, a RING, a B-box type 1 and a B-box type 2, and a coiled-coil region. This protein localizes to cytoplasmic filaments. It is similar to a rat protein which is a specific partner for the tail domain of myosin V, a class of myosins which are involved in the targeted transport of organelles. The rat protein can also interact with alpha-actinin-4. Thus it is suggested that this human protein may play a role in myosin V-mediated cargo transport. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same isoform have been identified.[2]
↑El-Husseini AE, Vincent SR (August 1999). "Cloning and characterization of a novel RING finger protein that interacts with class V myosins". J Biol Chem. 274 (28): 19771–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.28.19771. PMID10391919.
↑El-Husseini, A E; Kwasnicka D; Yamada T; Hirohashi S; Vincent S R (January 2000). "BERP, a novel ring finger protein, binds to alpha-actinin-4". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. UNITED STATES. 267 (3): 906–11. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.2045. ISSN0006-291X. PMID10673389.
Further reading
El-Husseini AE, Kwasnicka D, Yamada T, et al. (2000). "BERP, a novel ring finger protein, binds to alpha-actinin-4". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 267 (3): 906–11. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.2045. PMID10673389.
El-Husseini AE, Fretier P, Vincent SR (2001). "Cloning and characterization of a gene (RNF22) encoding a novel brain expressed ring finger protein (BERP) that maps to human chromosome 11p15.5". Genomics. 71 (3): 363–7. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6452. PMID11170753.
Lee SJ, Choi JY, Sung YM, et al. (2001). "E3 ligase activity of RING finger proteins that interact with Hip-2, a human ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme". FEBS Lett. 503 (1): 61–4. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02689-8. PMID11513855.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID14702039.