Gene Information
Gene NameSOD3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length240
Protein NamesExtracellular superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn] (EC-SOD) (EC 1.15.1.1)
Target Namesuperoxide dismutases
Target TypeNA
Gene Age55 ( ENSG00000109610 )
Evolutionary StageCellular_organisms
AlphaFoldDBP08294
Gene CardSOD3
Uniprot IDP08294
PfamPF00080
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.10447522)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ SOD3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ SOD3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ SOD3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ SOD3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Sod3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ SOD3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Sod3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsSOD1, CCS
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in blood vessels, heart, lung, kidney and placenta. Major SOD isoenzyme in extracellular fluids such as plasma, lymph and synovial fluid.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001704(Rat);0.013333(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2JLP  (X-ray  1.70A 
DBSNP rs2536512  rs17879876  rs1799895 
Subcellular location [CC]Secreted, extracellular space. Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O09164}. Note=99% of EC-SOD is anchored to heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the tissue interstitium, and 1% is located in the vasculature in equilibrium between the plasma and the endothelium.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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