Gene Information
Gene NameLAMA3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length3333
Protein NamesLaminin subunit alpha-3 (Epiligrin 170 kDa subunit) (E170) (Epiligrin subunit alpha) (Kalinin subunit alpha) (Laminin-5 subunit alpha) (Laminin-6 subunit alpha) (Laminin-7 subunit alpha) (Nicein subunit alpha)
Target Namelaminin subunit alpha-3
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000053747 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBNA
Gene CardLAMA3
Uniprot IDQ16787
PfamPF00052; PF00053; PF02210; PF06008; PF06009; PF00055
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.100978538)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ LAMA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ LAMA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ LAMA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ LAMA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Lama3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ LAMA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Lama3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ LAMA3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsLAMA5
ParalogsLAMB2, LAMC3, NTN4, LAMB1, LAMC1, ATRNL1, LAMA2, TMEFF2, ATRN, NTN1, NTN3, LAMC2, TMEFF1, LAMA1, AGRN, LAMB4, NTNG2, NTNG1, LAMA4, MEGF9, MEGF8, LAMB3, EGFLAM, LAMA5, NTN5, USH2A, HSPG2
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificitySkin;
respiratory, urinary, and digestive epithelia and in other specialized tissues with prominent secretory or protective functions. Epithelial basement membrane, and epithelial cell tongue that migrates into a wound bed. A differential and focal expression of the subunit alpha-3 is observed in the CNS.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.017880(Chimpanzee);0.001000(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.102857(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs17187262  rs12457323  rs17202961  rs958631  rs9952370  rs1154232  rs1154233 
Subcellular location [CC]Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane. Note=Major component.
Mouse PG classificationHPG
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