Gene Information
Gene NameBCAS3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length928
Protein NamesBCAS3 microtubule associated cell migration factor (Breast carcinoma-amplified sequence 3) (GAOB1)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000141376 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ9H6U6
Gene CardBCAS3
Uniprot IDQ9H6U6
PfamPF12490
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.526167013)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ BCAS3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ BCAS3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ BCAS3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ BCAS3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Bcas3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ BCAS3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Bcas3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ BCAS3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in stomach, liver, lung, kidney, prostate, testis, thyroid gland, adrenal gland, brain, heart, skeletal muscle, colon, spleen, small intestine, placenta, blood leukocyte and mammary epithelial cells. Expressed in undifferentiated ES cells. Expressed in blood islands and nascent blood vessels derived from differentiated ES cells into embryoid bodies (BD). Expressed in endothelial cells. Not detected in brain. Expressed in brain tumors (at protein level). Expressed in brain. Highly expressed in breast cancers and in glioma cell lines. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12378525, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16617102, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18030336}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs2643103  rs34712615 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16617102, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17505058}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16617102, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17505058, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18030336, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33499712}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8CCN5}. Preautophagosomal structure {ECO:0000269|PubMed:33499712}. Note=Localizes in the cytoplasm in stationary cells. Translocates from the cytoplasm to the leading edge in motile cells. Colocalizes with microtubules and intermediate filaments in both stationary and motile cells (By similarity). Associates with chromatin. Recruited to estrogen receptor-induced promoters in a PELP1-dependent manner. The BCAS3:PHAF1 complex is recruited to the preautophagosomal structures adjacent to the damaged mitochondria upon mitophagy in a PRKN-PINK1 dependent manner (PubMed:33499712). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8CCN5, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17505058, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33499712}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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