Gene Information
Gene NameMT3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length68
Protein NamesMetallothionein-3 (MT-3) (GIFB) (GIF) (Growth inhibitory factor) (Metallothionein-III) (MT-III)
Target Namemetallothionein-3
Target TypeNA
Gene Age424 ( ENSG00000087250 )
Evolutionary StageMammalia
AlphaFoldDBP25713
Gene CardMT3
Uniprot IDP25713
PfamPF00131
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.66528529)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MT3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Alpaca_ MT2A ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MT3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MT3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MT3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MT3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Mt3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsMT1H, MT1G, MT1F, MT1X, MT1M, MT2A, MT1A, MT1E, MT1HL1, MT1B, MT4
Tissuebrain, cerebral.cortex, adrenal.gland
Tissue SpecificityAbundant in a subset of astrocytes in the normal human brain, but greatly reduced in the Alzheimer disease (AD) brain.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
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PDB 2F5H  (NMR  2FJ4  (NMR  2FJ5  (NMR 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]NA
Mouse PG classificationNA
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