Gene Information
Gene NameCAV3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length151
Protein NamesCaveolin-3 (M-caveolin)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000182533 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP56539
Gene CardCAV3
Uniprot IDP56539
PfamPF01146
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.279601754)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CAV3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ CAV3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CAV3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CAV3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cav3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CAV3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cav3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CAV3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsCAV2, CAV1
ParalogsCAV1, CAV2
Tissueheart, skeletal.muscle, artery, tongue
Tissue SpecificityExpressed predominantly in muscle. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9545514}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs121909281  rs116840778  rs116840782  rs116840786  rs1008642  rs116840788  rs116840789  rs116840773  rs116840794  rs72546667  rs116840795  rs116840796  rs199476332  rs121909280  rs116840776  rs72546668  rs121909282  rs104893715  rs28936685  rs28936686  rs104893714  rs116840805  rs116840777  rs104893713 
Subcellular location [CC]Golgi apparatus membrane {ECO:0000250};
Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P51638};
Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. Membrane, caveola {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P51637};
Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. Cell membrane, sarcolemma {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P51637}. Note=Potential hairpin-like structure in the membrane. Membrane protein of caveolae (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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