Gene Information
Gene NameLIG3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1009
Protein NamesDNA ligase 3 (EC 6.5.1.1) (DNA ligase III) (Polydeoxyribonucleotide synthase [ATP] 3)
Target Namedna ligase 3
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1488 ( ENSG00000005156 )
Evolutionary StageCellular_organisms
AlphaFoldDBP49916
Gene CardLIG3
Uniprot IDP49916
PfamPF04679; PF01068; PF04675; PF16759; PF00645
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.581385304)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ LIG3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ LIG3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ LIG3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ LIG3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Lig3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ LIG3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Lig3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ LIG3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsLIG1, LIG4
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityTestis, thymus, prostate and heart.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.022255(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1IMO  (NMR  1IN1  (NMR  1UW0  (NMR  3L2P  (X-ray  3.00A  3PC7  (X-ray  1.65A  3PC8  (X-ray  2.31A  3QVG  (X-ray  2.26A  6WH1  (X-ray  2.40A 
DBSNP rs3744356  rs757797167  rs200981995  rs3136025  rs4986974  rs4986973 
Subcellular location [CC][Isoform 1]: Mitochondrion {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10207110, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24674627}. Note=Contains an N-terminal mitochondrial transit peptide. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10207110}.;
[Isoform 2]: Mitochondrion {ECO:0000305|PubMed:10207110}. Note=Contains an N-terminal mitochondrial transit peptide. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:10207110}.;
[Isoform 3]: Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10207110}. Note=Lacks the N-terminal mitochondrial transit peptide. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10207110}.;
[Isoform 4]: Nucleus {ECO:0000305|PubMed:10207110}. Note=Lacks the N-terminal mitochondrial transit peptide. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:10207110}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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