Gene Information
Gene NameABCA3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1704
Protein NamesPhospholipid-transporting ATPase ABCA3 (EC 7.6.2.1) (ABC-C transporter) (ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 3) (ATP-binding cassette transporter 3) (ATP-binding cassette 3) (Xenobiotic-transporting ATPase ABCA3) (EC 7.6.2.2) [Cleaved into: 150 Kda mature form]
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1064 ( ENSG00000167972 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ99758
Gene CardABCA3
Uniprot IDQ99758
PfamPF00005
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.120439326)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ ABCA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ ABCA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ ABCA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ ABCA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Abca3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ ABCA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Abca3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ ABCA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsABCA5, ABCA9, ABCA12, ABCA7, ABCA8, ABCA13, ABCA1, ABCA2, ABCA6, ABCA10, ABCA4
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in brain, pancreas, skeletal muscle and heart (PubMed:8706931). Highly expressed in the lung in an AT2-cell-specific manner (PubMed:11718719, PubMed:8706931). Weakly expressed in placenta, kidney and liver (PubMed:8706931). Also expressed in medullary thyroid carcinoma cells (MTC) and in C-cell carcinoma (PubMed:8706931). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11718719, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8706931}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 7W01  (EM  3.30A  7W02  (EM  3.30A 
DBSNP rs121909182  rs45447801  rs879159551  rs201299260  rs117603931  rs149989682  rs121909184  rs760006956  rs45592239  rs1402761450  rs891579143  rs762699052  rs763166660  rs121909183  rs28936691 
Subcellular location [CC]Endosome, multivesicular body membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16959783, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20863830, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27177387};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16959783, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17574245, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20863830, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22673903, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27177387, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31473345}. Late endosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27177387}. Lysosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16959783, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17574245, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20863830, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24142515}. Note=Localized in the limiting membrane of lamellar bodies in lung alveolar type II cells (PubMed:22673903, PubMed:16959783, PubMed:24142515, PubMed:27177387, PubMed:11718719). Trafficks via the Golgi, sorting vesicles (SVs) and late endosome/multivesicular body network directly to the outer membrane of lamellar bodies in AT2 lung epithelial cells or to lysosomes and lysosomal-related organelles (LROs) in other cells where undergoes proteolytic cleveage and oligosaccharide processing from high mannose type to complex type (PubMed:24142515, PubMed:20863830, PubMed:16959783, PubMed:27177387). Oligomers formation takes place in a post-endoplasmic reticulum compartment (PubMed:27352740). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11718719, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16959783, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20863830, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22673903, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24142515, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27177387, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27352740}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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