Gene Information
Gene NameGPC3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length580
Protein NamesGlypican-3 (GTR2-2) (Intestinal protein OCI-5) (MXR7) [Cleaved into: Glypican-3 alpha subunit; Glypican-3 beta subunit]
Target Nameglypican-3
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age950 ( ENSG00000147257 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP51654
Gene CardGPC3
Uniprot IDP51654
PfamPF01153
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.463330557)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GPC3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Alpaca_ GPC3 ( ortholog_one2many )
Dog_ GPC3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GPC3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GPC3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Gpc3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GPC3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Gpc3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GPC3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsGPC1, GPC5, GPC6, GPC2
ParalogsGPC5, GPC2, GPC4, GPC6, GPC1
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in lung, liver and kidney. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8589713}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.05(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs104894854  rs11539789 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14610063};
Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P13265};
Extracellular side {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P13265}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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